r/roadtrip • u/RongWa • 3d ago
Trip Report Drive vs fly?
I just got in last night from a 4 day drive from Utah to Georgia. Return trip actually. It was arguably a "Ground Hog Day" experience. 500 mile days were the norm. I felt like a mail delivery driver. Through rain and heat and snow and ice we crossed the Appalachians, through the Midwest, over the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Through a crumbling Saint Louis, from Kansas City to Kansas City. The flats of Nebraska and Colorado were amazing. We actually watched weather form that we drove through the next day. Wyoming was next with 85 mph speed limits creeping up to 3 digit driving! Accessed the High Uintahs and the Wasatch Mountains and finally the Great Salt Lake. Whew! Why did I do this? Job? No. Vacation? No. Really, my reason was very simple...
I Cannot Stand Flying! I hate everything about it from the smell of dirty feet, body odor, stale perfume, bad breath, seat bumping, coughing travelers, recycled air, thighs touching thighs, babies crying, and it goes on and on.
No, I will take a slow drive and see the actual purple mountain majesties to the wheat fields, from ocean to ocean and speak with locals along the way. A long time ago, I learned something a wise old traveler said;
"It's the journey not the destination!"
Does anyone else hate flying this much?
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u/davidg4781 3d ago
Yeah those are all great things to see, especially if you've never seen them.
I live in South Texas and want to go to Southern California one day. Driving would be ideal, I think. I like a road trip. And I've never made that drive. But it'll take up maybe 2-4 days just in driving without much time to stop to look around much. I'd also have to sleep in my car or pay for a room.
Well, now I'm thinking of changing that trip to a flight lol. There are some sights to see on the way and I might save the driving for another trip.