On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:11:19 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Boater" wrote in message
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Spending 12-16 hours driving a car...that was fun when I was in my early
20's...not now.

Once again, I can drive to BWI Airport in under an hour, waste an hour at
the airport, and then get down to Florida in two hours. That's four hours
versus 12-16 hours. There's nothing about driving the distance that
competes with that.

To me, my time is valuable. Wasting it driving south on the ugly,
dangerous Interstate is a waste of my time.

To each his own.


You obviously also have faith and trust in the airlines. I don't.


I don't fly, and really enjoy my driving trips to Florida.
Chicago-Florida might be a more scenic trip than going from the east
coast.
My route is @1200 miles, and there are only 3 places where I can run
into heavy traffic, barring occasional road work.
Leaving metro Chicago, Nashville, and Atlanta.
We always leave at dawn, taking care of the first. Nashville and
Atlanta get a dawn or noon time passage.
But we stop 2 nights on the way, so it's a 3 day trip.
Since 1200 miles is about 18 hours driving at 65mph, you can see we
stop often and get plenty of sleep.
No night driving, except some minutes before dawn, and we're usually
in a motel by 4 pm.
Always something new to see on the trip.
Coming home is a bitch though, since we overnight only once.
Got to work on that part. Most is simple psychology, since we have a
different mind set about ending vacation than beginning it.

--Vic