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From: Blossom on 28 Jun 2010 10:39 > > Stop at every second or third rest area (that's usually an hour or > > two) whether you have to or not. Get out, stretch your legs, if only > > for a couple of minutes. I get less fatigued that way. > > Yup, we usually do about the same (though I've noticed that some states > have *much* nicer rest stops than others. Probably a "girl thing", but > it might influence my stop requests a bit. > We do the drive from N Indiana to Orlando quite a bit... The bathrooms in Ohio & West Va are the worst that we encounter along the I-77 route. Along the I-75 route, Indiana is pretty pitiful. > > Bring a cooler (one that doesn't spill liquid if it get's turned over, > > and yes, that's important) with plenty of favorite soft drinks and > > water. You'll get really dehydrated (especially in the winter), and > > caffeinated beverages help. If you freeze some water bottles, it'll > > make the ice in the cooler last that much longer. > > We usually bring a cooler, but I don't think I would have thought to > freeze the water bottles. Excellent idea! We bring a LOT of water. Freeze the water bottles. Use this instead of ice or get some blue ice packs (they can be refrozen in the refrigerator if you have one at WDW). > > > Snacks. Don't be economical and bring big bags of snacks. Individual > > serving sizes might be more expensive, but they're more easily handled > > while on the move... > > If you bring food (like lunch meat, cheese and tortillas to make some > > quick (unmessy) wraps, keep them in a separate cooler than the drinks. > > (Raid the local hot dog stand for some of those little packets of > > mustard and mayo. PiC makes 'em while I drive, and they're better > > than fast food...) Anyway, keep the food separate from the drinks. > > I wouldn't have thought of two coolers. Now I will. Thanks! Favorite easy to eat snacks... hard boiled eggs - put peeled eggs in zip bag with a little salt pickles - drain them first & put in zip bags goldfish crackers - in individual bags cheese sticks or cheese cubes we try to stay away from starchy or sweet (carbs) when traveling b/c they make Wall-E drowsy & he does all the driving... I sit in my seat and knit or crochet or play "radio" Blossom p.s. Hope to meet you two when you're in FL - we can't say that we're bashful, but we are a bit shy & elusive
From: John L on 28 Jun 2010 15:31 From Pittsburgh to Orlando, we drove during our trips in the 90's. I was retired by then so we did not have to fly anymore. :-) We'd take 2 trips a year and 1 of these was usually in December or January for the holiday spirit and the decorations. Winter was not a problem but we had to be careful through West Virginia. This was not the best state to do winter driving but it was manageable. We'd take I-79 out of the 'burgh then hit I-77 in WV. From there we took I-26 in SC to I-95 to I-4. It was straight driving going to WDW. 16 hours and I was the only driver. Others would offer but I declined. Only stopped for gas and comfort. We had a van so we could pack what we wanted. Coming home we would stop over somewhere. We weren't in as much of a hurry to get home as we were to get to WDW. We stayed at a Red Carpet Inn in Columbia, SC once. Nice place for $23.95. Now that we live in Iowa it is a 23 1/2 hour drive. On the couple of trips we've made we always stopped overnight once each way. peace out. john
From: Caren on 28 Jun 2010 15:51 On Jun 27, 4:32 pm, Bashful <wdwkittywhisk...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Okay, since the "cat is out of the bag", so to speak... it looks like DH > and I will be driving to WDW in December, from Ohio. We have made the > drive a couple of times, the last being a few years ago via I-77. Hubby > found that he much preferred this route to the more obvious I-75 - just > less traffic and less hassle, in his opinion. However, we've never made > the drive (either route) in December, and we're a smidge worried about > weather. (We'd be driving a Honda Accord, if that makes a difference.) > Anyone taken this route during that time of year? Any opinions, > advice, or thoughts for us? General driving tips are welcome, too. (No > kids, just two "kids at heart".) > > I rather enjoy traveling this way... but that might have something to do > with the fact that DH almost never lets me get behind the wheel. DH > isn't quite so excited, but money's still a bit tight, and flying gets > to be a bigger hassle every time. Thanks in advance for any help! > > -- > Kitty (TDC Bashful) > > remove "whiskers" to e-mail I made the trip south from Pittsburgh in early March this year--it was still mostly snow covered and my car claimed it was 9° in central West Virginia. I took I-79 down and picked up I-77 in Beckley. The roads were just fine. If it hasn't snowed in the last 24 hours or so, you should be okay on any major highway. The good thing about driving is that you can adjust your schedule to avoid snow--if it looks like snow, leave before it gets there. -- Caren TDC Queen of Adventureland
From: Bashful on 28 Jun 2010 18:29 Blossom wrote: >>> Stop at every second or third rest area (that's usually an hour or >>> two) whether you have to or not. Get out, stretch your legs, if only >>> for a couple of minutes. I get less fatigued that way. >> Yup, we usually do about the same (though I've noticed that some states >> have *much* nicer rest stops than others. Probably a "girl thing", but >> it might influence my stop requests a bit. >> > > We do the drive from N Indiana to Orlando quite a bit... > The bathrooms in Ohio & West Va are the worst that we encounter along > the I-77 route. > Along the I-75 route, Indiana is pretty pitiful. Good to know - thanks! >>> Bring a cooler (one that doesn't spill liquid if it get's turned over, >>> and yes, that's important) with plenty of favorite soft drinks and >>> water. You'll get really dehydrated (especially in the winter), and >>> caffeinated beverages help. If you freeze some water bottles, it'll >>> make the ice in the cooler last that much longer. >> We usually bring a cooler, but I don't think I would have thought to >> freeze the water bottles. Excellent idea! We bring a LOT of water. > > Freeze the water bottles. Use this instead of ice or get some blue ice > packs (they can be refrozen in the refrigerator if you have one at > WDW). I've made myself a nice big note - will definitely be freezing the water bottles. :-) >>> Snacks. Don't be economical and bring big bags of snacks. Individual >>> serving sizes might be more expensive, but they're more easily handled >>> while on the move... >>> If you bring food (like lunch meat, cheese and tortillas to make some >>> quick (unmessy) wraps, keep them in a separate cooler than the drinks. >>> (Raid the local hot dog stand for some of those little packets of >>> mustard and mayo. PiC makes 'em while I drive, and they're better >>> than fast food...) Anyway, keep the food separate from the drinks. >> I wouldn't have thought of two coolers. Now I will. Thanks! > > Favorite easy to eat snacks... > hard boiled eggs - put peeled eggs in zip bag with a little salt > pickles - drain them first & put in zip bags > goldfish crackers - in individual bags > cheese sticks or cheese cubes > we try to stay away from starchy or sweet (carbs) when traveling b/c > they make Wall-E drowsy & he does all the driving... I sit in my seat > and knit or crochet or play "radio" Lots of good ideas - thanks! I mostly read when hubby drives, though we might invest in a book on CD. (We have tried this a couple of times, on previous long drives. The problem is that I usually cave and let hubby pick out the audio book... which means we will end up with Stephen King. Not that he isn't a good author, but he *really* doesn't put me in a Disney mood, LOL.) > Blossom > > p.s. Hope to meet you two when you're in FL - we can't say that we're > bashful, but we are a bit shy & elusive You know, if someone has a suggestion for how two (or four) shy people manage to find each other at a large gathering, I'm all ears, LOL. I'd love to meet you, but we'll probably have to find someone not-so-shy to introduce us, LOL. :-) -- Kitty (TDC Bashful) remove "whiskers" to e-mail
From: Lisa Cubbon on 28 Jun 2010 18:35
On 6/28/2010 6:29 PM, Bashful wrote: > Blossom wrote: >>>> Stop at every second or third rest area (that's usually an hour or >>>> two) whether you have to or not. Get out, stretch your legs, if only >>>> for a couple of minutes. I get less fatigued that way. >>> Yup, we usually do about the same (though I've noticed that some states >>> have *much* nicer rest stops than others. Probably a "girl thing", but >>> it might influence my stop requests a bit. Snip a bunch of good stuff.... > Lots of good ideas - thanks! I mostly read when hubby drives, though we > might invest in a book on CD. (We have tried this a couple of times, on > previous long drives. you can get books on CD from the library too. And we look around at used book stores for them. We use them all the time! And we have invested in them too. Now, we have friends borrowing them too. We like Lee Childs (Jack Reacher character) Vince Flynn (Mitch Rapp, Jack Bauer on steroids) and the Harry Potter books are amazing! I think you hubby might like the Lee Childs and the Flynn books and the are entertaining. sounds like a trip well planned already. Lisa The problem is that I usually cave and let hubby > pick out the audio book... which means we will end up with Stephen King. > Not that he isn't a good author, but he *really* doesn't put me in a > Disney mood, LOL.) > >> Blossom >> >> p.s. Hope to meet you two when you're in FL - we can't say that we're >> bashful, but we are a bit shy & elusive > > You know, if someone has a suggestion for how two (or four) shy people > manage to find each other at a large gathering, I'm all ears, LOL. I'd > love to meet you, but we'll probably have to find someone not-so-shy to > introduce us, LOL. :-) > > |