I just got home from a 3 ½ week road trip with my wife and 35 yr old son.
We drove from phoenix AZ to Whitehall Michigan to Cleveland, to Knoxville
to St. Louis and then back home. My son had to lift me out of my manual
char each time and then just tip me back in from the van to the chair. I had
to be pulled up 7 stairs in Knoxville – which I did only once, and legs
lifted into beds each night. It was a very long time on the road of about
4500 miles with not nearly enough time visiting friends at the stops. Our
longest day was 500 miles and we had 7 of those – the others were about 350.
The next time, I will use a ramp van – I just didn't trust mine for such a
long road trip. We took the wife’s 2000 Olds Silhouette van very much like
my dodge. The car ran great getting 25 mpg and I didn't make any big
messes anywhere – under achievement was more of a problem in my southern
hemisphere – but all was ok in the big picture. I worried lots about many
things, most of which didn't happen or happened and I lived through them. I
will enjoy hearing of the other trips mentioned by others here.
AZDAVE
