The thought of travel sounds like fun, but the experience sometimes falls short of the expectations. For the past several years, I've wanted to do a backroads trip on two lane roads in my Miata. The farthest I've driven in the Miata is to Oklahoma City and that doesn't fall into the category of two-lane roads. In addition, most of the way coming back, the top was up because of rain. None of that counts as a fulfillment of what I have in mind.
So where do I really want to go? I honestly don't know! The General and I need to go somewhere. Our last trip together was to South Dakota this past September. We flew into Omaha Nebraska and rented a car. The experience was enjoyable, but the three hour drive I expected to make to Chamberlain, SD turned into six-plus hours only to find we were three hours from where we needed to be. It is a long story and it was a very long drive. I won't bore you with the details.
Of course, the General felt obligated to text information concerning our whereabouts to our children. They never have Silver Alert numbers programed into their phones.
More often than not, I'm find air travel exhausting. I laughed this past week when I read a blog by Sean Dietrich who was flying to Maryland. He said it is not the flying that he detests. It is simply time spent in airports. He said he rather have an emergency colonoscopy.
Gone are the days when the middle seat was empty. My flights this past week to Washington, D.C. and back were full. The first leg of the trip going home took me to Tampa, Fl. It was cool when I left DC and looking through airport windows in Tampa made me want an extended stay in Florida.
Of course, Friday night when I got home, I was glad to be home. I was also exhausted. I don't like crowded flights! Actually, I prefer to have an open middle seat, but what I most missed the past several times I've flown is conversation with the person sitting next to me. WiFi on airplanes have contributed to folks having something else to occupy their minds than to engage in conversation. Both passengers on either side of me were watching movies on their iPhone or iPad.
I found a picture this morning that brought back a lot of found memories from the mid-to-late 1970s. At the time, I worked as the residential licensing specialist for the Texas Department of Public Welfare. When standards changes were proposed, we held public hearings at different locations in the state. What better way to get there than to have access to the King Air that belonged to the Department. That added a dimension to air travel that I've not experienced since.
All My Best!
Don
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