Dave,
I'm very glad you did this trip while you still can, and glad you enjoyed
yourself.
Bobbie
On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:39 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> 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
>
