I've made several 2000 mile trips that I could have flown. Neither of my parents liked to fly, so anytime they could get one of us to drive, they much preferred going by car. I never found it particularly onerous. Of course, it could be people who are born since 1980 would just die on a trip that took that long. TV and other stuff has badly trained them to expect everything instantly. But for me, a trip of this duration is no problem at all. I was well into adulthood before deregulation of air travel made it such a common way to travel.