Jimmy - I have always planned that when I retire, and am not so time limited, I would stop flying and start driving to The World. I would take a few days, stop a number of times to see stuff I have never had the time to see, stop at your place for a couple of weeks, arrive in The World for a leisurely stay, parking my car in Wilderness Dad's driveway, then returning home another way, taking a few days, stopping a number of times to see stuff I have never had the time to see, and of course stopping at your place for a couple of weeks, and finally head home. But you have caused me to reconsider with your comments about what a "Nightmare" it is to drive, just from your place. With retirement just a few months away, I now have a dilemma to resolve.
Its a good dilemma to have IMO
You know you and Di are more than welcome anytime to our humble abode!
I do like the idea of seeing the sites along the way, and I love taking the road less traveled. I do that here at home, get made fun of by my younger, more energetic friends/family. But I like the slogan "Arrive Alive"
I have often thought what a nice trip it would be to drive from here out West, see the sites of the USA along the way. But I may fly out West instead and pick 2-3 places that would be of interest with less time on the road, maybe Adv. by Disney style. Thats the downside of taking to the air.
I have shared a couple times our road adventures with near misses and crazy weather issues, so I won't bore you fine folks again with all that. I can say most of the trips were great, especially in my younger days, but recently, too many stand out moments I re-live in my head, and I start looking at SW sight as Im booking my DVC room.
I think times have changed though. Texting and distracted driving are the norm, rather than the rare. You remember the days seeing someone reading the paper behind the wheel as they drove to work. Or the occasional guy shaving, or lady putting on makeup. But you seldom hear of accidents being caused by those actions. Those were rare but did happen. Now, every other car has a driver on his/her phone. And the deadly accidents are mounting.
I dont mean to be a downer on the subject, buts its more of the reality for me. I have seen Nascar races with less action than I see on our stretch of a major interstate that runs by our house, I-40. It runs from NC to Calif. I avoid it! Even when the road less traveled takes me 15 mins longer!!
I just hope my pilot isn't on their phone on takeoff or landing