View Poll Results: The distance driven for majority of your trips is:
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Within 2 to three hours away.
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14.81% |
More than three hours away but the destinations are reachable within a day.
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33.33% |
The majority of my destinations are more than one days drive away.
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51.85% |
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02-16-2008, 08:07 AM
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Location: New Brunswick, Canada
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Distance driven for majority of your trips
Whats the distance driven for majority of your trips?
Within 2 to three hours away.
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More than three hours away but the destinations are reachable within a day.
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The majority of my destinations are more than one days drive away.
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03-29-2008, 01:06 AM
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Gold Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 99
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We do alot of camping within a few hours drive of our home. But we also do alot that is quite a distance away. This year so far we have 2 trips that will probably be at least 10 days another that will be 2 weeks and another that will be 6 to 8 weeks.
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03-29-2008, 03:30 AM
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Platinum Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SE Minnesota
Posts: 242
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What's a destionation? Most of the time we end up at least 24-48 hours away, but we rarely have a destination in mind when we leave the house.
On one trip we went to visit my mom for the weekend, about 180 miles away and wound up in California several days later.....
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05-15-2008, 05:52 AM
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New Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Brandon Manitoba Canada
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how far on a trip
We try to never drive more than eight hours in a day .
But our trips last many many days.
sometimes months.
Depends on the weather.
That is the beauty of being retired.
No more marching to anybody elses tune.
Earth is the only planet with chocolate???
Then I better get eating , sounds like there will not be anymore wherever I am destined to go.
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06-02-2008, 03:02 AM
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Bronze Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 25
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I use the "B" for "traveling" much more than "camping".
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08-22-2008, 04:10 AM
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Platinum Member
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Location: Sarnialabad, The Newly Elected People's Republic of Canuckistan
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Haven't really done any full trips yet, just stuff to get the feel of the van, but plan to do more than 3-4 hours per day. We're in the Niagara region and plan to do the northeast US and eastern Canada first, then west to who knows where. So I'd guess more than 4 hours per.
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08-22-2008, 04:15 PM
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Platinum Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Minnesota
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We make two or three trips every year between Minneapolis and Indianapolis of a distance of 650 miles. We used to always drive it non-stop 11 hours. Now that we have the B we have slowed down and usually camp overnight coming and going. We did the same with Midland, MI in the past a 13 hour trip the short way through Chicago. Now we do the overnights and always go through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The B you might say allows you to stop and smell the flowers.
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08-23-2008, 12:55 PM
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Silver Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lowell, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Davydd
The B you might say allows you to stop and smell the flowers.
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Which is the beauty of the beast!
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11-05-2008, 01:56 AM
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Bronze Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Cazenovia, NY
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Re: Distance driven for majority of your trips
The majority of our trips have been either 2-3 hours to the Adirondacks or 4-5 hours to Philadelphia to visit my family. We have driven cross country to California from NY and we are driving to Mesa, Arizona in February. We (DW and I) drove from NY to Monterey, Ca. in four days last fall.
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11-05-2008, 03:44 AM
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Silver Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: WEST BABYLON,NEW YORK
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Re: Distance driven for majority of your trips
Most of the time we go for a week or more, sometimes when it is cooler weather, we go for just a weekend. No matter how long we go away for, we always enjoy the "view".
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11-05-2008, 12:34 PM
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Re: Distance driven for majority of your trips
In a little over a year we've taken a 6200 mile trip, a 3700 mile trip, a 2700 mile trip and a couple of 600 mile trips - so, to answer the Poll's question, I'd say:
"The majority of my destinations are more than one days drive away"
by 3 to 2
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11-06-2008, 07:18 PM
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Platinum Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Ohio
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Re: Distance driven for majority of your trips
Most have been a few hours with one about 8 hours. Due to work We never could get away. Hopefully we could do cross country someday.
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10-18-2009, 04:42 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Oklahoma
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Re: Distance driven for majority of your trips
We have been rv'en for over 25 years and now we use the rule of (3). 300 miles or 3pm which ever comes first, we shut it down and have a very quite evening. Up dat day's activities on computer and download pix. (may even have a cocktail if mood is right)
Now that we are getting older we may modify the rule of (3) , 200 miles or 3pm. Just start later in the morning. When your my age if you need to be some place just start a few day's sooner.
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10-18-2009, 08:56 PM
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Location: Ohio
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Re: Distance driven for majority of your trips
I have seen most everything local so my trips must take me farther out. Eventually I plan one some very long ones like traveling the country but I think I will have to wait for retirement for that. Work just keeps getting in the way but without it there would be lack of money.
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11-24-2009, 05:47 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ankeny, IA
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Re: Distance driven for majority of your trips
Quote:
Originally Posted by OKIE
We have been rv'en for over 25 years and now we use the rule of (3). 300 miles or 3pm which ever comes first, we shut it down and have a very quite evening. Up dat day's activities on computer and download pix. (may even have a cocktail if mood is right)
Now that we are getting older we may modify the rule of (3) , 200 miles or 3pm. Just start later in the morning. When your my age if you need to be some place just start a few day's sooner.
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I think the "Rule of 3" is a good idea. I've just finished my first season of "B-ing" and learned that trying to do too much ruins the fun of it. As a consequence of misadventure I once drove for over 13 hours, and promise not to do that again! If you start early and have fun fooling around on the way, it's good to ahve time to set up and relax in the afternoon, say around 3!
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