Am about to be 75. Still work part time, am very active, volunteer at a dog rescue, live alone. Oldest daughter tries to "mother" me. Help! Thinks I am too "elderly" to drive 600 miles to visit my sister, no tickets or accidents in years. Co-workers believe I am 12 yrs. younger and I have a high energy level.
There could be any number of reasons why your daughter wants to meddle. Who knows why she gets it out of proportion? Could be she has a coworker with a much less able mother of the same age, or even younger than you. Could be some sense of dissatisfaction she has that you're not sitting in a rocking chair and knitting shawls. Could be *anything.* But they all come down to she loves you and doesn't want anything bad to happen to you - and especially not something she might feel guilty about for not having prevented.
All the same, she is presuming and you don't have to like it. So...
Smile sweetly and say "I love you too."
If that doesn't work, say "I love you dearly. Now stop stereotyping, bog off and leave me alone."
PS, my mother took a trip to Antarctica when she was a bit older than you. Well, okay, but it was the tour group photo of her bobbing about in an open boat among ice floes that made me have to take a moment. All I'd say is, don't do what she did and start concealing problems, that's all. The franker you can be with your daughter on all subjects, the more able she will be to get the balance right between helping you and not getting in your way.
And then silently thank your lucky stars that you have a daughter who gives a d*mn.;)
Have a good trip!!
If there is nothing health wise. memory wise, vision wise, and you wrote no tickets or accidents, then just keep on driving :)
My Dad drove up until he was 88 and he had to stop mainly for vision reasons. He did have a couple of accidents but none were of his doing, and couple times he hit deer.
On the other hand, it's good that she's so concerned.