How long do you prefer to drive between stops when you travel by car?
For almost 20 years now I have been making the 7/8hr trip to visit my family. For 12 I've bee making the 9/10 hour trip to see DH's family. That's a lot of time in the car! Especially considering we used to make it to each place multiple times per year! (I hate traveling by the way.)
When I was a kid; my step-dad hated making rest stops. When we did; they were quick. DH prefers to stop every 2 hours. It used to annoy me; but then he does nearly all of the driving so I've always tried not to complain. I just want to get the traveling part over and done with and just be there already!
He likes to stretch his legs. Now that we have kids and drive a bit larger size vehicle we stop only as often as necessary! Which is less than he would like and more than I would like.
3 stops on the way to see my family makes the 7 hour trip a 9. I don't think we've made it to DH's mother's in less than 10 since having kids either. The last time we made it to my family's we only stopped ONCE! I was so happy! Granted; it was a 45 minute stop still...but it was only once! (I sincerely thank the inventor of the portable DVD player for their undeniable assistance in this accomplishment.
Oh; and Quiznos is awesome for having things like small tubs of Play-doh and sidewalk chalk as the prizes in their kids meals!)
For almost 20 years now I have been making the 7/8hr trip to visit my family. For 12 I've bee making the 9/10 hour trip to see DH's family. That's a lot of time in the car! Especially considering we used to make it to each place multiple times per year! (I hate traveling by the way.)
When I was a kid; my step-dad hated making rest stops. When we did; they were quick. DH prefers to stop every 2 hours. It used to annoy me; but then he does nearly all of the driving so I've always tried not to complain. I just want to get the traveling part over and done with and just be there already!