if we were to arrange a crossfire rally, definitely wouldn't be any ridiculous distances like that...i pushed it that hard because i wanted to see how far i could go before exhausting myself. a rally is meant to be fun. drive a couple hundred miles, stop & party, or something to that extent. pick a few big cities or destinations and go. meet some momma-dukes', get to know the crossfire community, all that stuff would be thrown up in the mix. what would be REALLY neat is a crossfire rally through europe being our car is only known in a few places.

as far as my little adventure, it was a round trip from tampa to dc back to tampa to pick up a friend who is a helping a buddy with a truck delivery from california. drove from tampa to dc, picked him up and made it all the way back to the outskirts of gainesville, fl. before I pulled over and called it a day...i just couldn't do anymore, that was about 1,700 miles (according to google) so i was off a little bit. As far as food and sleep goes, it was a one day thing...a crazy weekend adventure. didn't really eat except for whatever i could grab quickly from the gas station as i filled up. i had to hustle because original plan was that we rendezvous as both of us pulled into DC within about 15 mins of each other...we had it pretty close because we both compared info on our GPS's as to when we would intersect based on distances still to travel and estimated cruising speeds of a crossfire vs. a volvo vt880 w/ a full load. i was hustling because i was running behind and had to make up for lost time. and small talk with momma-dukes was no longer than it took to fill up and grab a water from the cooler. i wasn't there to meet new people, i was on a mission and i was determined to beat my friend to dc... lol.

after all that hustling, speeding, and killing my gas mileage, i arrived 35 minutes after him. yes, its a wild story, but i absolutely love to drive. especially long trips...give me a crazy deadline to meet on the road and i push to beat it.