3 1/4 days.
I had a new job on the other side of the country starting in 4 days, and I had a big ol'Oldmobile that could only manage 55 on the highway to get me there. I loaded it with my stuff but left the passenger seat empty. The plan was I'd drive until I couldn't keep my eyes open and then pick up a hitch hiker and have them drive while I slept.
What can I say; I was young and not very smrt.
After 24 hours on the road I was fighting to keep my eyes open so picked up the next hitch hiker I saw that didn't look like a crazed psychopath. Ha ha the joke was on me because it turned out that he was on a weekend pass from the nut house and didn't have a diver license. But I didn't have the heart to kick him out, especially since we were rather in the middle of nowhere.
He rode with me for a full day. All the time droning on about TV shows he watched as a kid or dozing. I can still hear that monotone voice of his plodding through description of show after show. I have no idea how I managed to stay awake.
After he got out at some town I was somehow beyond tired and no longer needed to fight drifting off to sleep. But as I got closer to my destination strange things began to happen. For example I recall having a conversation with my best friend from back home as if he was in the back seat. He wasn't in the back seat and a part of me knew that but damn I was talking to him nonetheless. And then I became convinced that one of the tires had gone flat and I was riding on the rim. I'd stop and take a look and the tire would be fine. But after 5 minutes on the road again I'd become convinced the tire was riding on the rim.
It was dark when I finally approached my destination city, and raining. The freeway was busy and the head and tail lights looked like something out of that sequence from near the end of 2001 A Space Odyssey. The windscreen was just a blur of colors and to this day I don't know how I managed to not have a wreck. The whole undertaking was fantastically irresponsible and foolish of me.
I arrived and got about 6 hours sleep before having to go to my new job. I actually felt normal and the day was fine. Ah to be 20 and invincible again, eh?
I've never done hallucinogenics but I think I know what "tripping balls" feels like.
Are you from the UK or?
No, not the UK. Why do you ask?
You called your windshield a windscreen 💁🏻♂️
My dad had a brand new 1973 Olds 88.
Yeah I did NoDoz for several days driving to NYC from Texas.
I think mine was a '68. That 455 Rocket engine was a damned beast.
Very nice..
I bought a 68 Olds 98 for $200 from an old guy who didn't want to replace the starter. That heavy, big car with the 455 Rocket would just scream. It was fun driving a big 4 door family car and blowing the doors off of some Mustang or Camaro.
That's just autopilot at that point.
Damn son
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