January RTR rest stop ideas.

[MrNoodly]

On the most direct route, it's about 38 hours of driving between Ohio and the general area of the next RTR. If you ended up with only two weeks off, there wouldn't be much time for relaxing see-the-sights style travel. Four or five days out, four or five days back. It works better, though, if you're the type who has no trouble driving 12+ hours a day.

 

[Ohioan]

12 hours is pretty easy in my truck. Automatic. Good seats. My boss just let me know 3 or more weeks is possible. So more good news.

 

[MrNoodly]

12 hours is pretty easy in my truck.

And yet you've "really never left Ohio in decades." 

Long distance driving is less about whether it's easy in your vehicle and more about whether it's easy on your body and mind. Like when you get to regions my father described as miles and miles of miles and miles. Or in winter when the trees are bare, the earth seems dead, and the daylight hours are short. Maybe the sky is gray, and wind is howling across the prairie and you can't shake thoughts of curling up in a warm bed. And your body develops aches and sore spots from sitting. And it becomes harder to keep your eyes focused. And all the caffeine you've been ingesting is making you cranky and you need to pee again...

 

[GypsyJan]

"and you need to pee again..."

Which is why we have funnels, bottles and Luggable Loos onboard!

 

[highdesertranger]

"and you need to pee again..."

oh yeah I can relate to that. LOL. highdesertranger

 

[Elbear1]

If you leave now take I70. If you leave in the fall take I40. If you leave in november or later take I10.

You dont need to plan stops. Theres enough gas stations; including loves, pilot, etc to stop at. Then you have walmarts, rest stops, etc as an added backup. Its not like ohio, going through the plains everybody is overnighting in a parking lot.

Be familiar with google maps and youre good to find everything ahead.