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Stork
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16 hours for two days straight, then about 10 hours on 3rd day. Sacramento

to Va Beach. Freshman year spring break. 1979. Stopped long enough along the way to pick up cases of Coors for the boys on 5th floor Pritchard.
Posted: 08/23/2022 at 09:49 AM ET
(In response to this post by HokieMacDaddy)

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What's the farthest you've driven in one stretch?
HokieMacDaddy • 08/23/22 08:59 AM ET
Miami to WV. Back in the '70's it was 16 hours and gas was 50 cents/gallon
MikeVT85 • 08/23/22 10:58 PM ET
We’ll I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari
Agoodhokie • 08/23/22 03:48 PM ET
Post 9/11 Rental car from Houston to Raleigh to get home.
Virtual Hokie • 08/23/22 06:55 PM ET
Blacksburg to Baton Rouge....the ride back felt like years
hokiegoatzz • 08/23/22 02:45 PM ET
Blacksburg to Baton Rouge...the ride back felt like years
hokiegoatzz • 08/23/22 02:44 PM ET
Did Miami to Salem, VA on Christmas Eve a loooong time ago. 1981.
SavannaHokie • 08/23/22 02:28 PM ET
I had a friend who drove from Mississippi to LA via Omaha.**
Major Kong • 08/23/22 01:42 PM ET
i drove from NJ to SC on Friday- it was AWHILE
bigbadbird • 08/23/22 01:23 PM ET
13 hours*, six different times, three different locations . . .
HokieKip • 08/23/22 01:09 PM ET
12 hours, Dayton to NAS Pensacola for a wedding
GoobyPls • 08/23/22 12:27 PM ET
Tehachapi to Tonopah**
Tuckahokie • 08/23/22 12:26 PM ET
"Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made....."**
soldcokesatLane • 08/23/22 01:23 PM ET
19 hrs last year after the UNC game. Blacksburg to Fulshear, TX w/my son**
ValveHokie • 08/23/22 12:15 PM ET
About 700 miles a couple of times.**
reestuart • 08/23/22 12:10 PM ET
…I went from Phoenix Arizona all the way to Tacoma **
chumley • 08/23/22 12:05 PM ET
Didn't know the backlog was that bad
EDGEMAN • 08/23/22 12:39 PM ET
Blacksburg to Montreal.**
KeithHokie89 • 08/23/22 11:43 AM ET
1235 miles and 20½ hours from Whitehorse to Edmonton on the Alaska HWY.**
Major Kong • 08/23/22 11:40 AM ET
CLT to Boston, 4th of July 1998. 16 hours **
PhotoHokieNC • 08/23/22 11:07 AM ET
Probably NRV to Toronto. I've done multi-day car trips
Tafkam Hokie • 08/23/22 10:53 AM ET
Fort Richardson, Alaska to SWVA--- 4400+ miles
AirborneHokie96 • 08/23/22 10:52 AM ET
Same trip a couple of times...Eagle River to Saltville. Last time was...
Major Kong • 08/23/22 11:48 AM ET
Eagle River was my starting point as well.
AirborneHokie96 • 08/23/22 12:11 PM ET
👍👍 Just about all of our neighbors were at Rich or Elmendorf...
Major Kong • 08/23/22 12:21 PM ET
Silverthorne, CO to Blacksburg in 23 hours
HOKIE • 08/23/22 10:40 AM ET
Bettendorf IA or Portsmouth VA, 1050 miles
Vienna_Hokie • 08/23/22 10:14 AM ET
Prob 12/13 hours in the past **
fordham • 08/23/22 10:08 AM ET
Well, if you've driven 12/13 hours before, it was in the past.**
DHokie • 08/23/22 11:24 AM ET
Light weight here. Central Virginia to Destin Florida...**
UTPr0sim • 08/23/22 10:03 AM ET
That’s a solid effort. Takes us about 6-7 hours to get to Destin from ATL.
RoswellGAHokie • 08/23/22 10:09 AM ET
Yeah but half of that's just getting out of ATL**
HokieMacDaddy • 08/23/22 12:05 PM ET
Does it count if you had 4+ drivers doing rotations? New Orleans to
Late 80s Hokie • 08/23/22 09:58 AM ET
Richmond to Miami many times in my younger days. Around 16 hours, 944 miles
Hokester • 08/23/22 09:55 AM ET
16 hours for two days straight, then about 10 hours on 3rd day. Sacramento ◄
Stork • 08/23/22 09:49 AM ET
'burg to Key West, SBreak '89 coming back was BRUTAL.
banishedtothelounge • 08/23/22 09:48 AM ET
I've done the Key West drive a few times
HortHokie • 08/23/22 10:43 AM ET
Except in the Keys. Plan on 45 mph once you hit Florida City.**
EDGEMAN • 08/23/22 12:40 PM ET
did the Key West trip in '87, we had 4 drivers though
Vienna_Hokie • 08/23/22 10:21 AM ET
VT to Santa Fe, NM**
Vtskier1 • 08/23/22 09:46 AM ET
That's impressive
HokieMacDaddy • 08/23/22 09:54 AM ET
Blacksburg to Mont-Tremblant**
OXVT • 08/23/22 09:34 AM ET
Did you paddle once finally @ Mont-Temblant? Camp?**
Riverguy • 08/23/22 07:47 PM ET
Skiing - went for Spring Break in ‘99**
OXVT • 08/23/22 08:11 PM ET
The burg to NC to Minneapolis for the 1992 Final Four
MAHokie69 • 08/23/22 09:31 AM ET
I drove from Albuquerque to Lonoke, Arkansas. 900 miles on I-40. **
RoswellGAHokie • 08/23/22 09:26 AM ET
I prefer driving I-40 when driving cross country
EDGEMAN • 08/23/22 09:36 AM ET
El Paso is closer to San Diego than Houston. **
RoswellGAHokie • 08/23/22 09:40 AM ET
881 miles of I-10 in TX alone, much of it pretty desolate**
MAHokie69 • 08/23/22 10:04 AM ET
8 hours from Arlington VA to Columbus OH for the VT game there in 2014**
great2bahokie • 08/23/22 09:22 AM ET
Buddy and I left that game and drove 1000 miles home overnight
HokieMacDaddy • 08/23/22 09:25 AM ET
BBurg to New Orleans, never again. **
VT Pez4Life • 08/23/22 09:21 AM ET
Blacksburg to Fort Lauderdale...Florida is one long mutha'**
Tuckahokie • 08/23/22 09:17 AM ET
Concur. Did the burg to Key West in 1992. Don’t get excited when you hit
RoswellGAHokie • 08/23/22 09:23 AM ET
921 from the St Lawrence River to SC.
GreenvilleVT • 08/23/22 09:14 AM ET
Clearwater to richmond**
HokieJamie • 08/23/22 09:10 AM ET
Impressive, mine was 643 miles from Anna Maria Island in Florida
jdkhokie • 08/23/22 09:09 AM ET
NoVa to Minnesota followed by Tampa to NoVa.
vt90 • 08/23/22 09:07 AM ET
Used to do Tampa to the 757 twice a year
HokieMacDaddy • 08/23/22 09:09 AM ET
Texarkana to Atlanta
HokieDan95 • 08/23/22 09:05 AM ET
What were you driving?
EDGEMAN • 08/23/22 09:10 AM ET
TransAm
HokieDan95 • 08/23/22 09:24 AM ET
Was she riding shotgun . . .**
HokieKip • 08/23/22 01:14 PM ET
The boys were thirsty in Atlanta, and there’s beer in Texarkana.**
Spud • 08/23/22 10:16 AM ET
DC to New Orleans
VT Pops • 08/23/22 09:04 AM ET
Pensacola to home: 13 hours. I also did a straight 4 day drive from MD...
EDGEMAN • 08/23/22 09:04 AM ET