Friday, May 30, 2008

Ultra-Hyper Minimalist Traveling Tip:  Making the most of sleeping in the car

A few simple steps can help to ensure that your night in the car is a good night’s rest.

#1 – Don’t be lazy.
Take the time to move things around in the car.  If you have things in the back seat preventing your seat from reclining all the way, take 5 minutes and move them.  If you’ll be more comfortable in the back seat or the passenger seat, move.
You’re probably going to need a blanket or sweater before the night is through.  Have them nearby or you’ll end up disturbing your sleep to get them later, or, worse, waking up and deciding to tough it out.
Buy a windshield sunshade for your privacy and protection.  Put valuables away.  People are much less likely to break in and steal things they can’t see.
If possible, keep a cell phone nearby.

#2 – Go to bed.
Follow your normal routine.  Put on your pajamas, brush your teeth, and listen to the radio or read a book.  If you pass out in your jeans and sweatshirt you’re going to get about as good of sleep as if you passed out drunk on your friend’s wooden floor.
Go to the bathroom before you go to bed.

#3 – Location, location, location.
Nothing interrupts a night’s sleep quite like paranoia.  Find a good spot to sleep where you’ll feel safe.  It’s worth sacrificing ideal light and noise conditions for safety.
Stores that are open 24 hours are a great option.  There’s normally lots of lights, plenty of people nearby and sometimes even security.  Since you could be inside the store shopping at 3 a.m., no one has any grounds to ask you to leave.
If there’s no 24 hour store nearby, find a well-lit strip mall with a coffee shop.  Coffee shop employees go into work as early as 4 a.m. and might be able to help if someone is stabbing you.
Whatever you do, people and lights (although annoying) are good signs.
If you’re going to be in a city for more than one night, it’s best to sleep in a different place each night or at least in a different spot in the parking lot.

With a little forethought and preparation a night in the car can be just as restful as a night in a cheap motel.

However, sleeping in the car will take a few nights to get used to.

The first night will probably be restless.  You’ll be uncomfortable, paranoid, annoyed and miserable.  But, since you know it’s going to happen, suck it up and get over it.

The second night will be equally as uncomfortable but you’ll be so exhausted from not having slept the night before that it won’t be a problem.  You’ll get great sleep but might be a little stiff the next morning.

By the third night your body will adjust.  You’ll sleep peacefully and comfortably.  By the third night you’re no longer sleeping in your car, you’re just sleeping.

Sweet dreams.

Posted by Brad • (17) CommentsPermalink

Please leave comments below or e-mail us at SimplyOneLife@gmail.com.

Comments

Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, a portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists’ hotel, Brisbane Accommodation referred initially to a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms.

Brisbane Accommodation  on  05/20  at  03:08 AM

There have been several projects aiming to develop a car on the principles of open design. The projects include OScar, Riversimple and None of the projects have reached significant.window tint los angeles

window tint los angeles  on  05/21  at  11:22 PM

A car in an amusement park ride, a lift car on a ski tram, or an elevator car may symbolize the self, and many car dreams denote self control issues. Taking charge of one’s life would be indicated if one were in the driver’s seat.

miami limo service  on  05/24  at  09:23 PM

There are approximately 600 million passenger cars worldwide roughly one car per eleven people). Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007.melbourne business

melbourne business  on  06/11  at  03:50 AM

It’s worth sacrificing ideal light and noise conditions for safety.
Stores that are open 24 hours are a great option.

jordan sneaker  on  06/14  at  08:20 AM

I kike this post..most car manufacturers have not designed cars with sleeping in mind..But it is not safe..square peg web

square peg web  on  06/14  at  11:38 PM

A boxcar on a train, a car in an amusement park ride, a lift car on a ski tram, or an elevator car may symbolize the self, and many car dreams denote self-control issues.jacksonville search

jacksonville search  on  06/17  at  12:55 AM

The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lits) is a railway/railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more restful.

Mustang Parts  on  07/05  at  08:52 PM

Sleeping in your car is always an option, but there are right ways to do it and wrong ways.Do it right and you could enjoy a semi-comfortable night sleep for free. Do it wrong and you could be miserable.anyways great tips.

uv

uv  on  07/22  at  03:51 AM

The costs of automobile usage, which may include the cost of: acquiring the vehicle, repairs, maintenance, fuel, depreciation, injury, driving time, parking fees, tire replacement, taxes, and insurance.

HID Kit  on  08/09  at  04:25 AM

Hi,
This is for people who want to travel cross country without hotels, want to save on rent, or just don’t feel like driving home after a long day.

mustang wheels  on  08/11  at  12:02 AM

One acknowledges that today’s life is not very cheap, but we require cash for different things and not every man gets big sums money. So to receive some loan and just college loan would be good way out.

ELIZABETHGilbert25  on  08/23  at  03:44 AM

That is hard to last in a study world. High school students need to fight all the time creating academic papers! Nonetheless, it will be simpler to buy non plagiarized custom term paper.

SusannaHoffman  on  08/28  at  08:28 AM

Want qualified academic papers writers help you? Do not acknowledge the way to gain it? You can buy essay and you will surely get Master’s writers who are ready complete an academic paper of high standards.

RichardKatherine31  on  08/30  at  07:43 PM

I think that car is not made for comfortable sleeping, it is just like that we can take rest on getting tired. Anyways, the tips shared here are very informative.
Thanks.

Coilovers  on  08/31  at  05:20 AM

On the long way to the academic success guys have to buy dissertation idea referring to this good post from the thesis writing or custom dissertation service.

Ophelia26Montgomery  on  09/01  at  05:32 PM

Hi,
I am planning on taking a train from Chicago to Reno and I have never taken a train before. Does my family need to get a sleeping car or can we just sleep in our seats? Do the seats recline or anything???

miami airport transportation  on  09/04  at  02:00 AM
Page 1 of 1 pages

Add a comment

Name:

Email:

Location:

URL:

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Submit the word you see below:


Content copyright Brad & Melissa Pauquette