re: Whats the furthest you've ever driven in a day?

Use to make the drive from San Diego to Boise once a month while stationed on 32nd St

My wife was living with my mother in Garden City, ID at the time.

14-15 hours

Lafayette to Elmira, New York. It took me exactly 24 hours.

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Baton Rouge to Tempe. Just over 1,400 miles nonstop. Alternating driving with my then girlfriend (now wife) at the time. It took us just over 23 hours including fuel and car maintenance stops.

It was for LSU's "home game" in Arizona vs Arizona State. Game moved due to Katrina. I'd not missed a LSU game in years and was truly bummed about it being moved. Did not have tickets or means financially to even make the trip. Especially last minute.

Late morning on that Friday, my girlfriend suggests we just start driving and try to make it. I think to myself no way. Soon after we find ourselves on the road in her car with no tickets, barely any money, and in a car that literally needs to have oil added every few hundred miles due to a severe leak.

I had posted on a LSU site at the time about making the trip and being on the way. One fan responded with email address and said contact him. We did while on the way and he gave directions to his family tailgate.

After the long drive, we found free parking and made long walk to the tailgate. Upon arriving, we learned he'd married into an Arizona State family. They had box seats for the twenty or so of them and best of all gave us two free box seat tickets! It was my girlfriend and I, along with him as the only LSU fans in the box. The rest were Arizona State fans, mostly his wife's family.

Needless to say, when Early Doucet caught that touchdown pass late, I was literally running around like crazy in the box seating area and not making any friends.

What a trip! The drive back took way longer and the car barely made it. But we made it happen and I knew she was "the Baton Rouge to Tempe. Just over 1,400 miles nonstop. Alternating driving with my then girlfriend (now wife) at the time. It took us just over 23 hours including fuel and car maintenance stops.

It was for LSU's "home game" in Arizona vs Arizona State. Game moved due to Katrina. I'd not missed a LSU game in years and was truly bummed about it being moved. Did not have tickets or means financially to even make the trip. Especially last minute.

Late morning on that Friday, my girlfriend suggests we just start driving and try to make it. I think to myself no way. Soon after we find ourselves on the road in her car with no tickets, barely any money, and in a car that literally needs to have oil added every few hundred miles due to a severe leak.

I had posted on a LSU site at the time about making the trip and being on the way. One fan responded with email address and said contact him. We did while on the way and he gave directions to his family tailgate.

After the long drive, we found free parking and made long walk to the tailgate. Upon arriving, we learned he'd married into an Arizona State family. They had box seats for the twenty or so of them and best of all gave us two free box seat tickets! It was my girlfriend and I, along with him as the only LSU fans in the box. The rest were Arizona State fans, mostly his wife's family.

Needless to say, when Early Doucet caught that touchdown pass late, I was literally running around like crazy in the box seating area and not making any friends.

What a trip! The drive back took way longer and the car barely made it. But we made it happen and I knew she was "the one".

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Hell of a story, thanks for sharing!

Most I've driven non-stop is about 1800 miles - took one rest/eat stop once for half hour or so. Somewhere in southern Maine to Houston, Tx - approx 35 hours as I recall. Back in the late 80s.

In 2006 I drove nonstop from Puebelo Co to Leesville La in about 18 hours as the last leg of my first motorcycle trip out west.
Little over 1000 miles - found out later that I could have gotten some sort of 'hard-arse' award if I had documented it.

Carlisle, PA to Gadsden AL when driving a leg from NYC to NOLA. 12 hrs.

Baton Rouge to Madison WI

Same radio station playing until the border of Wisconsin

New Orleans to Albany, NY with my Dad. 24 hours straight only stopping for gas and bathroom breaks.

Drove from Mandeville to Seattle.
Day 1: Mandeville to Amarillo, TX 860 miles
Day 2: Amarillo to Salt Lake City 880 miles
Day 3: Salt Lake City to Seattle 840 miles

Colorado Springs to Clear Lake after our plane was cancelled and we HAD to be at work the next morning. Got one one way rental and drove overnight to IAH to get our car and then to home. Slept 2 hours and went to work.

Traffic and highway construction are making drives last longer than they did when the interstates were still being built, but welcome where they were finished.