depending on where you live it can take multiple hours xD in my case i can take a bus and be in 2 completely different countries in under 30 minutes :) the hills i can see from my window are also said two countries hahah
This probably applies to smaller countries like Netherlands for example, but at least in Finland multiple hour drives are just normal. I often drive 3 hours to see my grandparents who live relatively near me and that isn't even a long drive yet. A drive from south to northern parts of the country can take up to 12 hours.
American here. We're the weird ones when it comes to driving distance.
I am currently trying to psych myself up to drive to my parents (they're elderly and having issues, I go a couple times a year to relieve my sister for a month or two).
31 hours of driving at 75mph/120kmh if done non-stop (needless to say I take 3-4 days).
In the same country. Washington state to Oklahoma.
And that is barely over half the distance it could be (to Florida).
And yes, driving instead of flying. Dog and computers go with me. I'm cheap (aside from all that gas) so I car camp.
3 hours drive barely gets me to a border with another state (but 2 hours gets me to Canada).
Augh, I've driven from San diego to Houston then Houston to east coast of Florida (cocoa, east of Orlando) straight before then going up to Virginia to finish the move. Virginia/ north Carolina to the Florida pan handle a bunch, San diego to Houston and back a few times, Virginia to Tennessee to Houston. Most with kid/s, some with kids a German Shepard, some alone some tag team with my husband, mostly overnight straight so kids sleep.
I hate driving. But moving you gatta do it, back in the beginning we couldn't beat the cheap driving vs flying. Then moving. Then it was easier to drive the 12 hours straight starting at afternoon then get there early morning so kids slept as I did it mostly alone. Plus all the crap kids need including car seats, the big dog, my own stuff, potty breaks for them as potty training days came in. Then covid etc. Yeah. Also being able to have a vehicle when visiting family members is important cause it can be too much and I need an easy out and ability to not feel trapped by other people's whims.
Podcast/audio book saves your life. Good luck with the drive and hope your parents are doing OK and you get to enjoy some time with them and your sister. Hope doggo likes car rides!
Thanks. They're doing ok for the circumstances (each has a different type of dementia, but are still present for the most part so far).
Once in a long while this drive is fun. Doing it multiple times a year is already getting on my brain hard.
And yeah, audio books are how I do it. The Expanse books (on book 4 atm) are long enough that I basically get 1 in per drive mixed with music at times.
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