When I was nine, my family traveled by car to Mexico. It took three days. It was approximately 1500 miles.

In 2005, me and my boyfriend, my girls and our son traveled by car to Seattle Washington. I WON'T FLY! So, we went by car. It took us two days to get there. It was approximately 1150 miles from our city to Seattle. We also drove to the Canadian border. We took the I-5 on our way to Seattle and on our way home we traveled down Highway 1.

3 hours to Hershey Park LOL. we've flown everywhere else.

At least 8 hours to and from New York City. My brother-in-law drove and on the way back he was getting tired. My sister took over from that point on because he was nodding off at the wheel.

12 1/2 hours from Great Falls, MT to go back home. (this was in bad weather - in better weather, it takes about eight to nine hours to get there)

omg 24 hours NY-->Florida. NEVER AGAIN

10 hours to New Orleans.

13 hours from home to North Carolina's Outer Banks. We went in May and the
ocean was still cold. But people were going out in it so we did too.

Ha! I think I have all of you beat. I have driven from New Mexico to Mexico City. It took us just about 48 hours to drive all the way down there. This includes rest stops, lunch, breakfast, dinner, and visiting my aunt's sister's family (no relation to me). I really don't like super long car trips, but I thought it was cool to experience driving through Mexico. I have never driven for so many hours to another country, and it was quite an experience.

Ha! I think I have all of you beat. I have driven from New Mexico to Mexico City. It took us just about 48 hours to drive all the way down there. This includes rest stops, lunch, breakfast, dinner, and visiting my aunt's sister's family (no relation to me). I really don't like super long car trips, but I thought it was cool to experience driving through Mexico. I have never driven for so many hours to another country, and it was quite an experience.
Ah, did you notice in my initial post my THREE DAY car trip to Mexico? It was from here where I live (Ventura County) to Durango, Durango Mexico. :D
Still, your car trip sounds just like the one we took. It was in 1974 when I was 9 and there were no hand held computer games, no DVD player in the car, no walkmans, nothing! I took a lot of books to read though. :lol: The sights along the way were very beautiful.

To Connecticut...however long that is. A day at least.

About 5 hours, to visit my late Grandpa in Pasco Washington.

Probably from LA to Utah. That took about 8-10 hrs. 2nd would probably be Arizona 8 hrs, then sacramento 6 hrs.

In 2000 my roommate and I went out to the southwest for a friend's wedding in Arizona.
We arrived in Las Vegas a week before the wedding, rented a car and drove all over Nevada, New Mexico, And Arizona. I kept track of the milage and mapped out the trip on a road atlas. Lots of miles.
Our average speed was 100 MPH.

New Jersey to California, staying with relatives, and then back.

When I was still younger. We took route 80 through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and into Sacramento, CA.--took a left on hwy 99 and down to Modesto where my uncle, aunt and cousins lived, stayed there a while, then drove south to LA to visit other relatives in Pasadena. Then we headed for Las Vegas, then southern Utah, back up to Salt Lake City--back onto Interstate 80 and back to New Jersey. That's the trip I referred to on another thread where we made it from Lincoln, Nebraska home to Essex Co., New Jersey in approximately 35 hours. To quote Mr. Stefani, "Never again" (My dad loved driving, but honestly we all wanted to get home.)

Well when I was 12 me and my parents took a trip to Detroit and it only took us 3 days to get there.

The longest car trip (well, technically Greyhound bus) was an 18 hour ride from New York to Ohio in 2004.

Never again! :lol:

The longest car trip (well, technically Greyhound bus) was an 18 hour ride from New York to Ohio in 2004.

Never again! :lol:
That's what I said when I finally got home from Great Falls. It was a hellish car drive leaving an armpit town. Ewwww. :lol:

about 10 years ago; we drove to Nashville, Tn.

About 12 hours.

12 hours to Vegas, in 1997, 1999, and 2003.

I've driven from northern MN to Austin, TX a few times. that's 1200 miles, 18-24 hours, depending on length of stops. And when I was younger, we'd drive from MN to Phoenix, AZ a couple of times. Forgot exactly how long of a trip that was.

to Chicago and back last year with my cousin. took us about 15 hours (We didn't bother stopping to sleep, just to eat and refuel.) I've also been to Florida and Toronto by car from Chicago, but I was too young to actually drive.

From Del Mar, California to Ocean City, New Jersey; coast to coast.
Wow! You and Yooch (Gene) have gone coast to coast BY CAR!. I dream of that one day.

Hell, it was a great way to see the USA:D
Exactly. Stop when you want, where you want.

18 hours from new york to florida, but it took longer cause we stayed in a hotel the night and then went back out

21 hours straight about 1100 miles From Southern British Columbia almost to Alaska then 2 weeks later the same trip back

Also once from Canada to Mexico but I was not driving then

21 hours straight about 1100 miles From Southern British Columbia almost to Alaska then 2 weeks later the same trip back

Also once from Canada to Mexico but I was not driving then
DAMN!!!!! 21 hours STRAIGHT!!???? You must have wanted to get somewhere QUICK!:lol:

Ah, did you notice in my initial post my THREE DAY car trip to Mexico? It was from here where I live (Ventura County) to Durango, Durango Mexico. :D
Ooops....I must've missed/forgot about your mention. Sorry. :lol:

Still, your car trip sounds just like the one we took. It was in 1974 when I was 9 and there were no hand held computer games, no DVD player in the car, no walkmans, nothing! I took a lot of books to read though. :lol: The sights along the way were very beautiful.
Oh, my gosh... that's true. So much of today's technology leaves youngsters with not seeing the beautiful sights through the car windows. I can only imagine how beautiful it was for you to experience.

At the end of June 1978, my dad and I took some of my paternal grandma's stuff from Toledo -- this was after we got it to Toledo from Mayfield Heights -- to Phoenix. We left on Saturday and got to Phoenix on the following Tuesday.

DAMN!!!!! 21 hours STRAIGHT!!???? You must have wanted to get somewhere QUICK!:lol:


The company would have allowed me to stop 1/2 way and stay the night but I had gotten up really early and it was only 2 in the afternoon when I reached 1/2 way. I figured I could crash at a hotel or be at home by the time I would normally go to bed... big mistake because the second half of the trip I hit constrcution, rush hour and then night driving through the mountains. Future trips I decided to make the stop 1.2 way

Wow! You and Yooch (Gene) have gone coast to coast BY CAR!. I dream of that one day.

It was exciting. Back in the day, not all the cars had AC, so for some of the long stretches it would get uncomfortable, and in the plains and for example, in Iowa, with mile after mile of corn fields it could get a little monotonous--but I have to say overall the experience of driving across the country is exciting and fun. You're in a different place--and seeing new places and meeting new people is an adventure. When you drive long distances with other people you make a lot of memories and have many laughs. And you always have the car radio. I liked listening to the news on the radio, and, more often than not, some scratchy local country am station playing honky tonk music. Driving cross country was one of the most fun things I've ever done. I always liked going to different restaurants, diners and cafes along the way and driving into small towns off the freeway for a little bit of the 'local color'.

The first time my family drove across the country was back in 1976; it was the summer time, and like you mentioned, this was before, most cars had AC; so, driving across Texas was kinda of on the uncomfortable side.

Yes, and I also remember...I don't know if you guys did this, but if you were on the side of the car getting the most sun during a certain part of the day, you would take one of the road maps, and make a sun shade out of it by opening the window a bit and closing it over the edge of the map, then sort of lean back with a pillow to snooze with the sun out of your eyes.

Tara, do you remember the Stucky's rest stops along the interstates, where you could buy gasoline, souvenirs and stuff like that?

Well I went from my home town (New York City) and drove to LA Cali. I dont know the distance but it took forever! 5 days with stopping all the dang old time. Never again will that trip be made....partly cuz I live in louisiana now lol