tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post7026306077175220332..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY - a cranky re-runjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-10822375453162680472014-04-02T18:34:53.964-04:002014-04-02T18:34:53.964-04:00We did a similar car trip from Detroit to LA in 19...We did a similar car trip from Detroit to LA in 1963. 5 days in my mother's Oldsmobile - my sister and I both in the front seat with her as the back seat was filled with suitcases and our Springer Spaniel rode on top of them. It was a very long 5 days.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765055414561998856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-59452235916118758242014-04-02T07:29:31.853-04:002014-04-02T07:29:31.853-04:00Eight days in a car and your parents survived?? An...Eight days in a car and your parents survived?? And were still sane? <br />They made them tough in the old days. <br />Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-35451631307663794542014-04-02T06:56:14.454-04:002014-04-02T06:56:14.454-04:00We never went cross country but we did go on vacat...We never went cross country but we did go on vacations. We had punch buggy which always ended with my dad saying If I have to stop this car! Very cool that you got to see Route 66! Most of it is gone now but would have loved to have been able to see it before it was gone! Great post!Gossip_Grlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603645371306284338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-87713938885607006572014-04-01T00:38:26.135-04:002014-04-01T00:38:26.135-04:00I echo what Val said; those were the good days! Go...I echo what Val said; those were the good days! Good bonding time, nowadays that would never happen, kids and parents would be with their technology, looking down at a cell phone or whatnot instead of looking out the window, etc. Great memories you have of it years later! I sympathize with your mom, I was the map reader too when going on trips with hubby and kids. I was never so thankful when GPS was invented!<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-59573321684512283742014-03-31T22:41:06.002-04:002014-03-31T22:41:06.002-04:00Ah...the good ol' days. When 8-year-old kids c...Ah...the good ol' days. When 8-year-old kids could ride dangling their bare feet off the tailgate of a Ford pickup truck at 70 mph down a divided highway.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-17717521264307828072014-03-31T20:53:08.778-04:002014-03-31T20:53:08.778-04:00I tried that with my kids, but they dodged my hand...I tried that with my kids, but they dodged my hand smack like Mohamed Ali!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-64269028615032976202014-03-31T20:43:37.772-04:002014-03-31T20:43:37.772-04:00Not too many posts launch me back into the past. T...Not too many posts launch me back into the past. This one did. Terrific!JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692103477055483000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-39010376021612871352014-03-31T17:00:50.446-04:002014-03-31T17:00:50.446-04:00Modern conveniences don't always solve these i...Modern conveniences don't always solve these issues. Now we have a GPS and I have two women giving me directions. One, however, I can shut offtroutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-38313540448538167162014-03-31T16:24:56.184-04:002014-03-31T16:24:56.184-04:00Boy did you bring back memories. We moved a lot an...Boy did you bring back memories. We moved a lot and I always enjoyed the trip more than the destination. I was the littlest and sat in the middle of the back seat, straddling the hump.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-51290068852120616292014-03-31T14:21:11.548-04:002014-03-31T14:21:11.548-04:00That is a fantastic game. I ought to learn and tea...That is a fantastic game. I ought to learn and teach my grand kids that game.MunirGhiasuddinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232362559666320301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-19377129170766992852014-03-31T13:33:27.281-04:002014-03-31T13:33:27.281-04:00We used to drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas aro...We used to drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas around 11:00 pm because it was cooler then. We loved it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-72683851434888051222014-03-31T13:20:21.562-04:002014-03-31T13:20:21.562-04:00Ahh...the days. The longest driving vacation I ca...Ahh...the days. The longest driving vacation I can remember our family taking was Texas to CA/Disneyland round trip. I remember stopping in Juarez at a dog racing track. In Mexico, if your money can reach the counter, you can gamble. I won $63, a feat I haven't to this day repeated. By the time I took my kids on a driving vacation we had a cassette player and the chirrens had "Car Toons". Ugh! I'll die with those tunes still in my head. ;)<br /><br />Slowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894539893079965536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-19075559024268405142014-03-31T13:07:36.093-04:002014-03-31T13:07:36.093-04:00Yep, we are from the same era. My mother smoked n...Yep, we are from the same era. My mother smoked not my dad. I so remember all of this. We didn't know any different indeed.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-70762748816652410982014-03-31T11:26:56.014-04:002014-03-31T11:26:56.014-04:00I agree with you; people were tougher back then. I...I agree with you; people were tougher back then. I was born and raised in California and grew up with a hankering to see New York and beyond. The longest car trip we made was from Santa Clara to Disneyland in 1962. We made it as far as Tijuana. stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-74432153967596719562014-03-31T10:15:20.995-04:002014-03-31T10:15:20.995-04:00so neat. loved the line: and the 3 of us all cring...so neat. loved the line: and the 3 of us all cringed. :)TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-73153273079082183542014-03-31T09:02:06.984-04:002014-03-31T09:02:06.984-04:00I would have been so envious of you back in the da...I would have been so envious of you back in the day! I so wanted to go to California -- instead of our usual vacation of Northwestern Vermont to East Paterson, New Jersey!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-32307128931094049702014-03-31T08:21:39.236-04:002014-03-31T08:21:39.236-04:00I (not so fondly) remember sleeping in crappy hote...I (not so fondly) remember sleeping in crappy hotels on the way to the East Coast by way of Quebec (and my parents spoke nary a word of French, and I was too young to have studied up on it enough) after we moved up to Ontario. Dad "had to go visit back home". And got suckered into going along to help Mom try and keep him from falling asleep at the wheel. It's a wonder we weren't all killed.<br />Now, when it came to car trips with our two kids, our first reliable car was a VW Rabbit, and I have long arms. There was no, "She's touching me". But that's all I'll offer on that subject.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523653271715366168noreply@blogger.com