We have driven through amazing parts of this country: the sparing beauty of the Southwest, the lush farmland of the Midwest, the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, through Texas and Montana and so many wide open spaces. We've crossed the Mississippi River and the Continental Divide more times than I can count. We've also been in our fair share of traffic jams, detours, and construction delays. And occasionally we get lost.
I have no problem flying, and I do appreciate that it is a much quicker way to travel a great distance. All things considered, I think my favorite trip now is a combination: fly to a destination and then drive elsewhere. A couple of summers ago, we flew as a family to San Francisco and then drove north to see the coastal redwoods. When we left the city, it was foggy and about 55 degrees F. A couple of hours later, it was 103 degrees in the middle of wine country. It's hard to experience that in an airplane.
Bonus Rs:
If you're feeling the weight of the world these days, as I am, I hope you'll get a laugh out of Randy Rainbow's tribute to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Hah, we used the HP audio books for our roadtrips when the Barbarians were young as well.
ReplyDeleteThey are marvelous. Even the most boring stretches of the trip would fly by!
DeleteWe've done several road trips as well, but not nearly enough. I wish we had done more when we lived in CO. One of these days . . .
ReplyDeleteLoved the Cuomo video!
I regret not doing more traveling in general. It's not always as complicated as I think it's going to be!
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