Seattle to LA to Orlando to Chicago to Seattle in 25 days -- toomuch?

If we attempt this it would be in April. The total mileage would be
about 7500, or 300 a day. Of course, about 5 days would be taken up
with visiting relatives, and we'd want to do some sightseeing as well.
Any suggestions?

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:52:00 -0800 wrote:

:If we attempt this it would be in April. The total mileage would be
:about 7500, or 300 a day. Of course, about 5 days would be taken up
:with visiting relatives, and we'd want to do some sightseeing as well.
:Any suggestions?

Why are you driving it?

Might it be better to fly to Orlando (thru Chicago - with a stop) and then
drive LA to Seattle?

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Binyamin Dissen
http://www.dissensoftware.com

wrote in message ...
If we attempt this it would be in April. The total mileage would be
about 7500, or 300 a day. Of course, about 5 days would be taken up
with visiting relatives, and we'd want to do some sightseeing as well.
Any suggestions?

By air? No problems at all

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If we attempt this it would be in April. The total mileage would be
about 7500, or 300 a day. Of course, about 5 days would be taken up
with visiting relatives, and we'd want to do some sightseeing as well.
Any suggestions?

300 miles per day? Piece of cake. Have fun!!

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Steve
Shoreline, Washington USA

22 Dec 2003, 1914 PST

wrote in message ...
If we attempt this it would be in April. The total mileage would be
about 7500, or 300 a day.


Of course, about 5 days would be taken up
with visiting relatives,

Which brings it up to 400 a day


and we'd want to do some sightseeing as well.
Any suggestions?


Yeah dont do it or if you must take a flight.

Keith

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says...

wrote in message ...
If we attempt this it would be in April. The total mileage would be
about 7500, or 300 a day.


Of course, about 5 days would be taken up
with visiting relatives,

Which brings it up to 400 a day

Entirely doable. I find that I average about 60 mph (including stops) on
interstates and 45 mph on two-lane roads. 400 miles is 6.7 hours at 60
mph or 8.9 hours at 45 mph. Say 9AM to 4PM or 8AM to 5PM. That still
leaves plenty of time for a little bit of tourist activity, especially if
you throw in a few 600-mile days (not too many in a row though).

I drove coast-to-coast (Seattle to NYC) a few years ago. The total
distance was 7,000 miles because I took a few side tours. I took 8 days
eastbound, 4 days in NYC, and 7 days westbound. I had a few high-mileage
days, but I never felt as though I was driving too much, and I was able
to play tourist and visit people along the way.


and we'd want to do some sightseeing as well.
Any suggestions?


Yeah dont do it or if you must take a flight.

Don't worry about comments from the road-trip-phobic. Go for it.

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Steve
Shoreline, Washington USA

23 Dec 2003, 2006 PST

In article , wrote:

If we attempt this it would be in April. The total mileage would be
about 7500, or 300 a day. Of course, about 5 days would be taken up
with visiting relatives, and we'd want to do some sightseeing as well.

Knocks 7 driving days out of your itinerary, leaving you with ~ 417 miles
per driving day. For 18 days. Not my idea of a fun time. YMMV.

Any suggestions?

Tell the Orlando relatives to meet you in Chicago or Memphis, or just
invite them to visit you in August. Get your Disney fix in California.
Knocking off the swing down to Fla. cuts your total mileage to about
5500--still a lot, but at least it's a lot less.




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Eric Holeman Chicago Illinois USA

Stephen Dailey wrote:
Which brings it up to 400 a day

Entirely doable. I find that I average about 60 mph (including stops) on
interstates and 45 mph on two-lane roads.

I doubt it. To average sixty one must drive around 85. Most of the
time, the speed limit is 70 or slower.

Yeah dont do it or if you must take a flight.

I agree.

Don't worry about comments from the road-trip-phobic. Go for it.

I have no such phobia. I do have a great deal of experience. Planning
an average speed greater than 50 mph is a guarantee of being unable to
follow an itinerary UNLESS one does nothing but drive.

The tables in the following lined up when sent. If they don't as you
read them, I don't know why.

From: Icono Clast )
Subject: SouthWest: Howlongfar?
Newsgroups: rec.travel.usa-canada
Date: 2002-07-24 16:38:58 PST

So y'wanna know how far is it and how long it takes? This post reports
actual distances and times as recorded from my car's odo- and
chrono-meters as well as the routes taken on two recent trips. The
routes are important as, for example, it's almost exactly 440 miles
from City Hall to the DisneyLand Hotel _providing_ one takes a direct
route. I show 497.4 miles as we did not take a direct route. Other
information is at: http://makeashorterlink.com/?D23713851

What's the difference 'tween "Road" and "Actual" MPH? The "Actual"
speed is the time of starting the trip subtracted from the time of
ending the trip and dividing it into the distance travelled. The
"Road" MPH excludes time spent eating and sleeping and touring but
includes "rest" and fuel stops. "Road" miles are fewer than "Total"
miles for they exclude getting around, rather than just to,
destinations. For as long as I can remember, I've planned my trips by
estimating an average of 50 MPH. As you can see, on these two trips, I
actually did.

Road Road Actual Road
Miles Time MPH MPH
San Francisco-Anaheim 497.4 9.9 50.2
Rancho Santa Fé-Palm Springs 152.0 4.3 35.3
Palm Springs-Las Vegas 260.0 4.8 54.2
Las Vegas-San Francisco 588.5 10.6 55.5
51.5 61.6
Road Miles: 1,649.5 - Total Miles: 2,286.9

Road Road Road Clock Actual
Miles Hours MPH Hours MPH MPH
San Francisco-Phoenix 831.6 13.3 62.5 14.8 56.2
Tucson-Parker 337.4 6.1 55.3 7.0 48.2
Parker-San Francisco 654.6 10.1 64.8 13.5 48.5
Tucson-San Francisco 992.0 16.2 61.2 20.5 48.4
50.3
Road Miles: 2,020.1 - Total Miles: 2,115.5
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Stephen Dailey wrote:
Which brings it up to 400 a day

Entirely doable. I find that I average about 60 mph (including stops) on
interstates and 45 mph on two-lane roads.

I doubt it. To average sixty one must drive around 85. Most of the
time, the speed limit is 70 or slower.

I averaged 60 mph on roads with 70- and 75-mph speed limits, with the
cruise control set at the speed limit. I assumed ten minutes of stopping
time per hour of travel time (50 minutes in motion and 10 minutes stopped
per hour). In slow (65-mph) states, I stop ten minutes per two hours to
maintain a 60-mph average. In practice, I usually stopped every 1.5 to 2
hours, or two CDs, with shorter stops in 65-mph states.

Yes, the OP's proposed trip includes lots of driving, but that's what
happens on a road trip.

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Steve
Shoreline, Washington USA

25 Dec 2003, 1939 PST