I leave next Sunday to drive to Minnesota. It will be a 28 hour drive broken up into more than one day. Maybe 4 days of 7 hours each, maybe 3 days of about 8.5 hours, or 5 days of 5 and half hours a day approximately. We'll see.
I know this drive is probably no biggie for most people, but I've never done anything like this. The longest I've ever driven was 5 hours 1-way and then 5 hours the next day back.
Short of having a Red Bull IV drip, what can I do to make sure I stay awake? It's not like me to fall asleep at the wheel, but like I've said - I've never done this before, and I see every year in the paper some number of people die from dozing off during a long distance drive.
I was going to drink energy drinks as I drive, anything else I can do? Talk radio would be nice, but unfortunately there is no way to get one radio station all the way up and I don't have (nor can I afford) XM radio.
I DO however have a 50 watt ham radio in the car that covers 10 meters, 6 meters, 2 meters, and 70 cm. I doubt all that many people will be talking during the middle of the day on business days.
I know this drive is probably no biggie for most people, but I've never done anything like this. The longest I've ever driven was 5 hours 1-way and then 5 hours the next day back.
Short of having a Red Bull IV drip, what can I do to make sure I stay awake? It's not like me to fall asleep at the wheel, but like I've said - I've never done this before, and I see every year in the paper some number of people die from dozing off during a long distance drive.
I was going to drink energy drinks as I drive, anything else I can do? Talk radio would be nice, but unfortunately there is no way to get one radio station all the way up and I don't have (nor can I afford) XM radio.
I DO however have a 50 watt ham radio in the car that covers 10 meters, 6 meters, 2 meters, and 70 cm. I doubt all that many people will be talking during the middle of the day on business days.