On 6/12/2014 5:34 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:17:05 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 6/12/2014 5:06 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:44:31 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:
I realized something else also. I *enjoy* driving. I'd much rather drive eight hours to get
somewhere than spend four hours doing the same thing by plane. And, I can honestly say I've never
lost my luggage!
Maybe that is my problem. In that "factory job" Harry thinks I had I
was driving about 50,000 a year (less after I moved here). It is not
my favorite thing to do, particularly mind numbing hours on the
interstate.
Where I live now I am a solid 5-6 hours, just to get out of Florida
and then I am only in Georgia.
We have vacationed in the west for the last 10 years. Driving would
just be ridiculous.
It's just different strokes for different folks. When working I
traveled often and almost always by air. It was work with scheduled
meetings to attend, timetables to meet, etc. Most of that was done
before 9/11 and all the added security measures that were added and also
before airlines started packing seats into airplanes to the max like
they do now.
In my semi-retirement I much rather drive. I enjoy it. It's at my
pace, my timing and my schedule. If I get tired or just feel like
stopping somewhere, I do.
When we had the places in Florida I must have driven down and back a
dozen times or more, often hauling a trailer or driving a RV. I
enjoyed it, especially the areas south of Virginia. I-95 north of
Virginia gets downright horrible.
Four round trips to Korea, two to Vietnam, and at least a dozen to Europe have somewhat affected my
attitude towards flying.
Unless you want to spring for first class, flying is a horrible way to
travel, IMO. Even first class isn't really first class anymore. The
last time I flew commercially was in 2002 or 2003 when I had to return
to MA from Florida unexpectedly due to the death of a friend. Haven't
flown in a commercial airliner since. I have flown occasionally .. but
it was me doing the flying in recreational aircraft.