Traveling alone

AZ Jim said:
Marty, Have fun and you are not the least bit weird. You are an adventurous gal who knows what she's doing. Those who cower in the shade, never enjoy sunshine.
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As a woman who has travelled extensively in this country as well as abroad on my own..I couldn't agree more with you Jim...and as for your comment CR about not finding a man to accompany her, that's just the most sexist thing to say IMO...Honestly, to say Marty has no choice to go on her own unless she finds a man really quickly is just astonishing.

I am married, if I want to go on my own somewhere because my o/h can't go for any reason , then I go, and I go with my husbands' blessing , he knows I'm as able to look after myself as any sensible person whether male or female can...!
 

I've done a lot of driving on my own and I think you'll be just fine. 12 hours isn't all that long, anyway. As they've said above, just be alert and careful and don't let your cell phone go dead.
ALSO, if you do have roadside trouble, don't accept help from passersby -- wait for your auto club or the police or whatever, and always keep your doors locked, even when you're driving down the road. Do carry a blanket, flashlight, and something to drink and eat in the car with you, rather than in the trunk, so you don't have to get out of the car to get them if you need them. And, of course, check the weather -- hope you don't run into snow. I ran into bad snow once on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and it was that way all the way into Washington -- terrible experience.
 

Butterfly, I once drove over the Alps from the French / Switzerland side and into Northern Italy...through the Mont Blanc Tunnel. It's elevation is over 4,000 feet and it's difficult to breath at times due to the cold. The snow was was the highest I've ever seen, and going through the Mont Blanc tunnels was the scariest thing I ever encountered, because the air is so cold outside the second I drove into the tunnel the windscreen froze, and I had no heated windscreen ..only blowers, and the tunnel is almost 7 miles long and just dual carriageway..so it was a quite a hair raising drive through.

After leaving the tunnels the steady drive down the very winding steep narrow sheer drop sided mountain proved even more hairy in the deep snow and ice, not aided by the sight all the way down of several 40 feet juggernauts which had gone off the side and were lying on their sides in the snow filled ravines.

I have to say, of all my travels that trip is the one I wouldn't like to repeat...
 
Butterfly said:
Forgot to say -- have a great trip!
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Thanks for the tips! Snow shouldn't be a problem unless it's bad in southern indiana. I'm hopefull that both leaving and coming home, I will be snow-free.
Just looked at the 10 day forcast for Panama City Beach. When I arrive it will be in the high 60's and sunny. Ohhhh that will be so awesome.
One week from today!!
 
jujube said:
If you like interesting architecture, drive west from Panama City Beach and go to Seaside. Lots of colorful houses. It makes for interesting strolling.
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What a coincidence you should mention that jujube. I was thinking of a drive west, along the coast...imagining it must be beautiful.
Now that confirms my plan. Thanks.
I had a thought about driving to New Orleans but I'm not quite that brave....to go there alone. :cower:
 
marty said:

Can't wait to get on the beach and feel the warm sunshine!
Thanks everyone! Enjoyed your comments and experiences and appreciate your positive comments and your concerns. I will take tons of pictures.
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Have a great time Marty! Will be looking forward to hearing about your trip and seeing some of your pictures! :sunglass:
 
Have a great time, Marty. I have been traveling alone for 30 years, and do just fine both domestically and internationally. In a couple of weeks, I'll be leaving for my 7th trip to southern Mexico. I stay at a B&B with a lot of other single retired women who come every year. It's really nice to know there is a friendly group waiting when I arrive. I hope you have good weather in Florida, but if not, enjoy the museums!
 
Inside entrance to a motel/hotel is one that you enter the main building and then enter your room. An outside entrance motel/hotel is a building that you may enter your room from the outside.

It used to be that a hotel only had inside entrances and a motel only had outside entrances. And then when all of the fancy names started popping up, some would call themselves whatever looked or fit best.
 
We only have 'inside' entrances to hotels..but now you mention it I've seen those types of outside 'Motels' in the US on shows like ''Cops'' where there always seems to be some seedy goings on.. :eek:
 

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