re: I drove from Dallas to Vegas in one day last week, alone.

I just have freakish road stamina...or I did. I don’t think I would try it again. Too old I guess. The think alone makes me cringe. I don’t think I could make it half way before stopping for the night. I used to leave at about 6 pm so the first leg was the deep night shift. When I went the “Dallas” way, I would sometimes hit fort worth by sunrise. Once when I was headed from Vegas to New Orleans I decided to stop in Austin to,check out the city. Going through the area north flagstaff at night is absolutely haunting. The little canyons and curves do tricky things to your head lights. Most stressed I’ve been other than driving through nowhere Texas at night in a down pour on a single lane road. Sometimes the lighting was the only way to tell if I was still in my Lane. Would have pulled over, but there were no road lights and visibility was probably less than 10%. I thought it was more dangerous to stop.

A couple times I was on my own. Twice I had my two retrievers. Those were my favorite trips. Once I was with my wife and once with my dad. I would pay a heavy price to be able to make that trip again. I miss him greatly.