Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
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The whole experience of flying is awful anymore. Between check in and baggage fees to long lines at security and idiots that don't understand taking off their shoes, belts and emptying their pockets. All to get jammed onto a plane like cattle to the slaughter.
I hate everything associated with flying. I'm not quite as big as Mr Shaw in the previous video, but the size of planes, the lack of overhead storage, and the delays are getting ridiculous.
It took me 12 hours to fly home a few weeks ago, which is exactly as long as it'd have taken me to drive.
It took me 12 hours to fly home a few weeks ago, which is exactly as long as it'd have taken me to drive.
I prefer to drive from Omaha to Blacksburg Va when I head out there. It's a day and a half drive as opposed to one day of misery in airports.
I would like to see more of the National Parks in Utah. If you've never seen The Grand Canyon now's your chance.
If trying to hit as many as possible on the return trip an $80 all park season pass may be the way to go.
I won't really have a lot of time for site seeing (I have been to Arches before) as I need to get back for a race. It's going to be like a Cannonball Run trip lol.
But before leaving LA I am going to drive through the Scientology Gold Base because I have been watching a lot of documentaries on those weirdos and want to see it first hand.
Plan is:
Thursday - LA to Denverish (or a ski town) with a stop in Vegas to eat (buffet).
Friday - Denverish to Home
That's pretty ambitious.
Wife made it to New York around 1 yesterday as last person on standby. Packing today and home tomorrow(hopefully). Daughter can't wait to get back to Ames and normal life.
The Google informs me that LA to Denver is about 1,000 miles. Denver to Des Moines is 670 miles.
Day 1 is gonna be a long one...
I drove from Blacksburg to Omaha in one shot which is about 1,070 miles. 18.5 hours.
I got past St Louis and thought about stopping and when I had dinner realized the Chiefs had a home game the next day. I didn't want to get caught up with all that traffic so I figured I needed to get past the stadium. Once I did that it was only about 3 hours to Omaha so I figured just do it. Rolled into town in time to catch last call
LA to Denver is 15 hours - so yeah that's a little ambitious. Maybe I will revise for LA to Grand Junction, CO which is 11.5 hours so that leaves me a couple hours in Vegas.
Grand Junction, CO to Newton, IA is 13.5 hours so that isn't bad.
I actually will probably actually stay outside of LA when I get there on Weds night so I don't have to deal with LA traffic when trying to leave Thursday morning, so that will help with the timing.
There was a lady that took an Uber from Omaha to Denver. During peak pricing as well. I think it ended up about $700 which I suppose was cheaper than walking up to the counter and purchasing a plane ticket for the next available flight.
