In 2019 22 Morgans participated in Morgans Over America covering 7250 miles in 6 weeks with 90% of the drive being on back roads (of varying quality). Our daily drives were around 200-250 miles with plenty of stops to visit places and take in the scenery. We also had plenty of two day stops in interesting places to catch up on personal admin, carry out maintenance and undertake touristy things, the pace was about right and everyone enjoyed the trip. I drove my 94 +8 with a friend as navigator we used a large BootBag (Waterproof) with soft bags inside strapped onto the luggage rack which enabled us to just pick up the bag and carry into the hotel room. The secret is forward planning of what you will need on a daily basis to be placed in accessible places in the car e.g. sit on a bath towel that can be used to put over the seats when parked to stop the burnt leg syndrome or wipe the water away in rain, what clothing could be required with altitude changes weather forecast, etc.. Only put the roof up twice for a short time on each occasion once for hail and the other for snow. It is amazing how much you can fit into a +8 my Royal Marine training when being deployed definitely came into play.
