Sleeping in a Car

2Hostyl: Two hours is just what I'm comofortable with at night. I know my parents have done more, but it usually didn't seem to agree with them very well. What it comes down to is, I'd rather be a tad conservative with my numbers than wrong in the other direction. Especially when giving advice to others.

As for stops along the way during the day: Wow, D.C. to Pittisburg without stopping? That's quite impressive. I've grown up getting about five minutes of stretching every two to three hours, so I doubt I could do that. Of course, things like that are a bit more important on the kinds of trips I take (mostly family vacations), where geting stir-crazy has considerable consequences.

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I hear America screaming...

D.C. to Pittsburgh isn't hard at all! I've driven to Florida twice on my own, and I usually drove about 6 hours at a time. The most problem I've ever had with stopping is that almost all motels and hotels will not let you get a room if you're not 21. I don't know if this applies to all campgrounds, but I know that at least one time when my friends and I tried a summer road trip, we called ahead to a campsite, and they said if no one 21 was in our group, we couldn't stay there. Thankfully by this summer I won't have that problem anymore, but that's been one of the most frustrating parts of not being 21 yet - screw the bars, I just want to take road trips!

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Charles Nungester said:
Actually RoLLoCoast makes a stupid point.

Sleeping with your car running, One slight hole in the trunk or floorboard could mean you don't wake up.

Chuck, who knows of three peeps who have died from Carbon Monoxide from cars

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Let me clarify my thoughts on leaving the car running. I said in my post that I leave my windows cracked for circulation, but I left out that I always have some sort of air on. Heat, Vent, Air-Conditioning.. basically whatever the conditions require. With that much air being circulated around, plus the windows being open I see absolutely no danger in that.

I also know of someone who has died due to carbon monoxide poisoning... Two years ago a great friend of mine commited suicide at a place down my road that we used to party at during our highschool days. He died from carbon monoxide posioning. I would never risk my life or the lives that I may be traveling with just to leave the car running.

Hope this clears that up abit :)

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Corey
*** This post was edited by rOLLocOASt 1/31/2003 2:28:10 PM ***

Corey, I wasn't trying to make you look bad. I was just mentioning that staying inside the car with it running is not a good idea, Expecially if your sleeping with it running. CM poisoning is no joke but is more likely to happen in a garage or something with a car running. I generally camp out in the van, I take a disc heater and a fan with me and a extention cord if I am at a campground. Fold back captains chairs are more comfy than a sleeping bag on a cot or the ground to me :)

Chuck, who just mentioned those options for keeping cool or warm and agrees, keep a window cracked.

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Charles Nungester.
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go sleep at a Wally World. I once saw like 3 motorhomes there and they had there awnings out, lawnchairs and everything. Wal-mart doesn't care. There pretty well lit and they'll let you stay there. They just want the costemers. :-)

Also, lets not forget JellyStone Park that's 15 minutes from SFwoa, 8 bucks for the night at a campground. And yes, it is themed to Yogi.

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- GeaugaDog
Ain't Nuthin but the Dog in me..

Those Jelly Stone campgrounds are nice too. I stayed at one in Indiana, right off the turnpike,last fall and it even had a few large water slides for summer time campers. I was very impressed. It was actually much nicer then PKI's campground.

Camping at park campgrounds has one advantage though, they usually run shuttles to the park, so you don't have to pay for parking, a nice little savings.

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"If you make it too smooth, it'll be like sitting in your living room."
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From what I understand the owner of all wal marts and Sam's clubs has a policy that anyone that is traveling is allowed to park in any wal mart or sam's club parking lots overnight. With no hassels. As a matter of fact I see a R.V. or two parked in my local Wal Mart parking lot every weekend.

Another idea is use one of the .com hotel pricing sites. I have had some luck with a dot com site. A $150 room for $55!! Middle of season. Good Luck

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*** This post was edited by LizChas 1/31/2003 10:47:05 PM ***