For those of us that live in the West, distances in the east seem like nothing. Basically there is a major city every 2 hours starting from Chicago to pretty much anywhere East. As I said, I live in Canada, and to go from the Vancouver area to meet my wife’s family in Denver is a 25 hour drive - and except for Seattle, no major cities on the way.
When I first started driving long haul it was the distances that I had to get used to.
The MOST BORING drive I ever made, and I made it often, was Kansas City to Denver.
I mean, how many sorghum and sunflower fields can one look at in a drive.
I would be so happy to see Denver I wouldn’t even mind the traffic!
Hardest thing I had to do people wise was convince dispatchers in Missouri and Kansas what a clusterscrew east coast traffic is.
They didn’t realize that rush hour traffic on I-95 stretched from Boston, MA to Richmond, VA. They just couldn’t understand it.