Would You Do It?
Travel May 9th, 2011
My husband Dave and I are attending the Tribal Blogs Conference in Minnesota next month.
We’ve been waiting for the best deals on airfare for a little while, but it ain’t lookin’ too good.
He just asked in all seriousness if I would be open to the idea of driving instead “to save money and see a little of the country.”
A thousand miles.
I’m pretty sure I signed a rider in my wedding vows that I was not to be stuck in a tin can with him for more than, say, a four hour stretch of time.
He loves to talk.
I love to shut up.
So what say you? Would you drive 1,000 miles anywhere with your spouse? Have you done it? If you have, what was it like? Give it to me straight. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Go!
Stumble it!
May 14th, 2011 at 7:44 am
Luckily my husband is fairly quiet (unless he’s had a few beers), so it wouldn’t be bad to go on a long trip with him.
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May 14th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
I used to love making road trips but as we get older it gets harder. My husband gets very drowsy after 200 miles and me about the same. We drove a lot in France last summer but covered less ground than we planned to.
May 14th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Yes. I would drive that far with my wife. I think you should do the same with your husband. Be romantic about it — not in the candlelit dinner kind of way — but in an adventure together kind of way.
P.S. I once drove from Scranton to Mississippi with my whole family (before I was married). Six of us in a mini-van for 1200 miles. Wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be.
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May 14th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Go for it! Wear headphones and chronicle the journey. I love to jot down notes while my husband drives. We’ve taken 3-hour drives. It’s fun to write down observations and it also keeps me from watching him drive too close to the car in front. He’s not much of a talker and listens to talk radio to compensate for his lack of conversation. I’m the chatty one, so he doesn’t mind when I write.
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May 16th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
I love road tripping. However, my husband sucks at road trips. I like to stop and see things along the way on the spur of the moment. He wants to get from point a to point b as quickly as possible. Annoying and boring. Books on tape have been extremely helpful. We do it because it is cheap and that is more important to our family than silly fights over seeing the world’s largest ball of barbed wire. I will make him see that ball one day!
May 16th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
I love road trips with my hubby. When we travel, that is part of the vacation, not just a means of getting there. We chat the whole way, catching up on stuff that has fallen through the cracks of our busy lives, reminiscing about past vacations and imagining future trips. It’s all good!
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May 16th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Hell no! My husband is fidgety. By mile 10 he’s been through everything in the glove compartment, center console and door pockets and offered his opinion on what I should throw away. Then, he’s out of things to do so he plays with the auto locks and power windows. There are three year olds who can sit still longer and he can’t be placated with a coloring book or a baggie full of Cheerios. He listens to Wilco and Band of Horses and actually thinks they’re GOOD. I think I might actually jump out of the car.
Then again. I’m terrified of flying. I refuse to unbuckle my seat belt and I dig my nails into the ends of the armrests. I sweat and turn white and it takes a massive effort not to scream, “We’re all gonna die” every time we hit turbulence.
So maybe if I let him drive all 1000 miles he wouldn’t play with stuff in the car leaving me free to man the MP3 player. MY MP3 player.
Ok, yeah. I guess I’d do it.
May 17th, 2011 at 9:41 am
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May 17th, 2011 at 10:30 am
Oh it’s great fun! Hubby is all “I-want-to-get-there-as-fast-as-I-can-so-I-can-lay-around-the-hotel”
and I’m all “I-want-to-stop-at-every-antiqueshop/Starbucks/store-on-the-way-to-make-the-trip-itself-an-event”
So needless to say now I only drive to Minneapolis with daughter. At least SHE understands the concepts of “driving there is half the fun” and bathroom breaks. At 800 Km each way, that’s a must.
Good Luck!!! You’re gonna need it. 😉
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May 17th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
i love road trips. but, i would like to admit that i was SHOCKED when you said 1,000 miles. i even had to verify on google maps. i would never have guessed that your home to minneapolis would be 1,000 miles! that’s good ol’ american geography education for you!
(hee. i just re-read that and it makes it sound like: “i know where you live…” stalker, much?)
and now i’ve looked into how far i live from you… 1,627. what’s 600 more miles? check with dave and let’s get it on the calendar.
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May 18th, 2011 at 9:10 am
There would be so many cool places to stop along the way and back. But I like road trips and so does my husband…we have a great time with all the tunes we can load onto the Zune, we have an endless supply of music. I say go for it, but leave your cranky side at home.
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May 18th, 2011 at 10:56 am
Oh dear.
And from what I’ve heard, I think I’d really LIKE Dave and not want him to, say, be found murdered outside a rest-stop.
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May 18th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
There is nothing funny about spending 1,000 miles together in a car…remember, there is always the ride back home! I don’t think I could last that long with my wife’s whistling and humming…FLY.
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May 19th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
My husband and I recently drove from Baltimore to Tucson in a Budget 20 foot rental truck. No problems. The truck was SO noisy that we couldn’t really argue if we wanted to :). I have to say he was as cheerful as a person could be under the circumstances.
May 23rd, 2011 at 7:44 pm
I would do it. I love my wife and we could spend hours talking….not sure about 1000 miles worth of hours, but I would try it 🙂
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May 31st, 2011 at 6:08 pm
I absolutely love road trips, but to each their own. If you’ve never tried, it’s worth doing once for the experience.
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June 16th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Me and the lady have done it many times…not exactly a thousand miles but 680 each way to see her folks. We do it every thanksgiving, and its become something like a tradition. Audio books are the best things for the journey, just make certain to get something you both are interested in.
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August 5th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Hey Kathy! It’s months after the conference, and I hope you had a fantastic road trip. If you ever have another relatively short-notice event you want to attend and driving has lots its appeal, I’ve found online travel deals like Orbitz promo codes that are designed just for last minute, big travel deals.