Agreed... driving would be nice. I’ve even thought about doing one of these trips that way some time. Would be interesting, though I’d probably break the 13 or so hours into two days. Maybe drive the Pacific Coast Highway all the way down? Fun...
I realize that my flight yesterday wasn’t all that bad by most standards. Lots of people have much worse travel nightmares. It’s just that I’ve taken that exact flight number somewhere over a hundred times and it’s always been mostly trouble-free. I’ve been spoiled silly.
I suppose we shouldn’t get too whiny about travel. If you think back to what the same sort of trip would’ve been like for people living a hundred years ago or more... we seem kind of soft to complain about a mere few hours on a trip of a thousand miles.
Hey, by the way... I think my rental car is your car...
Didn’t you get a Corolla? Sort of an electric blue? That’s what I got from Hertz. Neat unit. Very peppy and comfortable. Good ergonomics. Easy to drive. HUGE trunk. Tardis-like trunk, seems to be bigger on the inside than the car is on the outside. :-)