I told my family we were going to a campground in Maine. It is about a 10 hour drive. We left late at night and they slept the entire way. In the morning we were already there and everyone got out and started having fun. After a few days of rafting and swimming we drove home (at night). in the morning we were in the driveway. Everyone had a great time and I got about 45 MPG.
How did i do it? While everyone was asleep I went to a local campground not far away. Everyone thought we were in Maine but we were 30 minutes from home. Had i told them we were vacationing 4 towns away they would have complained and moaned about how lame it was. Instead they THOUGHT they had gone far away and could not wait to tell everyone about it.
I'm sure I'll burn in hell but I only used a 1/8 of a tank of gas on our first vacation of the year.
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COOL IDEA It just goes to show, long distance isn't everything. Great to hear they had a good time. I would try that down here, but we have to travel quite a bit just to find a hill.
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Flip side of that story....when I was in college (a long, long time ago!) I drove down to Florida, from NJ, with a freind and two girls. The girls slept a lot, and when ever they would wake up and ask where we were, we'd tell them, "Jersey"....we went out of our way to avoid the "Welcome to..." signs. Also had my friend hold up the map of NJ so that they couldn't see out the front window as we approached the state lines....or we'd point out birds, deer, etc on one side of the car, while the "Welcome to.." sign passed us on the other. Very gullible......in fact, if I remember correctly, the first sign they ever saw was the one in Florida!! Since we did want to stop for the free O.J. Heck, we even camped in Virginia, and they didn't know it
Thanks for your story....it just goes to show that you can have a great time close to home too! And you sure did catch our attention with the "40+ mpg in a motor home" subject too!!
Don't worry, you won't burn in Hell....even the Devil has a sense of humor, right?? Probably end up going to Purgetory...since it's not quite as far...HaHa
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I'd love to use that method, but the heat and humidity give it away. My summer travel program has more to do with weather relief! Southeast Texas is HOT and STICKY!
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PapPappy wrote: Flip side of that story....when I was in college (a long, long time ago!) I drove down to Florida, from NJ, with a freind and two girls. The girls slept a lot, and when ever they would wake up and ask where we were, we'd tell them, "Jersey"....we went out of our way to avoid the "Welcome to..." signs. Also had my friend hold up the map of NJ so that they couldn't see out the front window as we approached the state lines....or we'd point out birds, deer, etc on one side of the car, while the "Welcome to.." sign passed us on the other. Very gullible......in fact, if I remember correctly, the first sign they ever saw was the one in Florida!! Since we did want to stop for the free O.J. Heck, we even camped in Virginia, and they didn't know it
But, what was the reason? Did you think this was a way to get around the Mann Act?
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It just goes to show, long distance isn't everything. Great to hear they had a good time. I would try that down here, but we have to travel quite a bit just to find a hill.
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