Planning trip from metro Detroit to Acadia np Maine in , 8 days to work with. Advice?

[Midwest Michael]

Throughout your posts I see a common theme: You want to do X, you know you don't have time to do X, so you'll solve your problem by writing down on paper a plan where you make time to do X by simply driving more and sleeping less, and even though you say you know that online mapping programs aren't accurate in the real world, you'll still assume those travel times are accurate because it makes your plan look possible on paper. And when someone tells you that your plan on paper isn't realistic, you're going to blame the people who are trying to help you stay grounded in the real world.

If you want to think you'll be able to leave at 2pm on Friday (after working all morning) and get to Acadia, nearly 1000 miles away, on Saturday afternoon, and after nearly 20 hours behind the wheel, pausing for maybe 5 hours of sleep, you'll be fresh and ready to start hiking and be in great shape to do all the things you want to do, you can think that, but the much, much more likely situation is that you're going to be pushing yourself to the limits of being unsafe behind the wheel, driving too many hours with too few hours of rest, and if you do get to Maine in one piece, when you do arrive, you're going to be so exhausted that you aren't going to be in any position to enjoy yourself.

[jeremysart]

Wow, that was a bit dramatic. I understand there are estimated times and actual times, which is why I gave myself a 2hr leeway, though I'm not a stopper, maybe to take a quick pee and do some stretches. I just got back from a 9 day tour of the Southwest, we drove 1300 miles, all of those days were 5-7 hour drives between parks. I've also driven from south of Detroit to Copper harbor in one go stopping only once to eat, pee and stretch. That was 612 miles, made it in JUST under 10hrs. So to answer your question, yes. You're speaking as though driving 10 hours or covering 600+ miles in one day is crazy and impossible, but it's pretty normal for us Michiganders to drive all the way to Florida nonstop hahaha. You're also talking to the guy who has ridden a double century on a bicycle.. 200 miles in 13.5 hours and ran multiple 50k Ultra marathons the same summer. I have the mental and physical endurance and stamina to stay fresh my friend. Or maybe I'm just young, 5'6 and bullet proof ;-) but c'est la vie, everyone on the internet knows everything, myself included apparently.

[AZBuck]

Sorry we couldn't help you.