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re: Those road trips that took forever as kid but now as an adult seem short
Posted on 6/4/16 at 6:21 pm to liz18lsu
Posted on 6/4/16 at 6:21 pm to liz18lsu
Our cali trip in 1981. Took 3 days. My dad has his video camera On a dash mount he made in the van. Videoed a lot of that trip. Watched some a while back. The center line stripes on I 10 were going by sooooo slow. I'm yelling at the tv to give it gas and go. 55 mph will get you killed today
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Posted on 6/4/16 at 6:22 pm to liz18lsu
quote:Lizzy, Your Mom can't outdrive my ingenuity.
My mom would look up the ETA of any trip and try and beat it by hours.
You had to pee? Go frick yourself.
This post was edited on 6/4/16 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 6/4/16 at 6:48 pm to soccerfüt
My days in the military peeing in the bottle for road trips were the norm. We ain't stopping til we get to our party spots. Those little 16 oz bottles weren't big enough on a full bladder fwiw.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 8:28 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Those trips as a kid in the mid seventies from Chattanooga to our home in Concordia parish were brutal in the backseat of the old brown pinto. The interstate wasn't finished back then so Alabama was a complete nightmare.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 8:45 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Used to take like 8 hours to get from Nola to Houston with my dad driving. I grew up thinking Nola to BR was two hours.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 8:50 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Avoyelles Parish to Lafayette. Had to pack a lunch back before I-49 was finished when I was a kid. Lol. Now I am looking at Evangeline Thruway in 50 minutes from my house.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:22 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Me 12 years old whispering to my brother in 1987: "Hey it's another *uckey's"
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:25 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Driving to Michigan and back seemed like half my childhood.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:34 pm to RogerTheShrubber
That still sounds like a childhood to drive. Buckle up Lil Roger dis gonna be a long trip. Mom's turns back to look at Roger when they get to Michigan, dammit daddy Roger's all grown up. 
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:38 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
When my old man was driving it wasn't forever. That 4 barrel 454 (or whatever the Buick Estate Wagon had) was open, a lit Pall Mall, Falstaff, foot to the floor yelling " put that god damn window up son. You're letting the smoke out."
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:43 pm to Martini
My dad did have a lead foot also. Guess that's where I get it from.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:54 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
driving anywhere took a hell of a lot longer back then...most roads were only 2 lanes and didn't have much of a shoulder. vehicles didn't have air conditioners, so you had to drive with the windows down.
lecompte to new Iberia took a couple of hours...now less than an hour.
lecompte to new Iberia took a couple of hours...now less than an hour.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:18 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
I hate driving trips.
Hate them!
Hate them!
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:20 pm to Salmon
quote:
I used to think the drive from Alexandria to New Orleans was the longest drive ever. I would pack my pillow and snacks and everything like it was this huge road trip.
It was, before I 49
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:23 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
We used to go to New Orleans from Mobile. It's 2 hours but seemed like it took the entire day.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:16 pm to Breaux
Probably bc you were:
Cruisin down the street
Real slow
What the fellas be yellin
Cruisin down the street
Real slow
What the fellas be yellin
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:34 pm to Spankum
quote:
lecompte to new Iberia took a couple of hours...now less than an hour.
Dude, it's about 90 miles from Lecompte to New Iberia. You ain't making it in less than an hour unless your are in a plane. Lol.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:49 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
What seemed long for my brother and I was a trip from our home in Pasadena, TX to St. Landry parish. Having to lie down behind the seats of my dad's Vette. Felt like forever.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:57 pm to soccerfüt
quote:I remember having to piss into an empty large cup from Burger King and if we didn't have any containers, it was pulling over on the interstate, open the passenger door and take a wizz near the door.
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