Originally Posted by
sar0000
One couple I know drove to a conference in New Orleans rather than deal with the hassle of flying last spring and then they drove to Santa Fe for their vacation a month ago.
My co-worker who was scanned and groped has decided to drive to Kentucky to visit one of her sisters in a few weeks.
As I mentioned in the OP, I'm driving to St. Louis next month and I'm planning on driving to a conference in Las Vegas next spring for work.
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For 2 weeks I was able to forget about all the nonsense. When I got back, I checked out TS/S and was instantly depressed and enraged. I didn't even have to read the threads, just the titles to know that I had made the right decision by driving.
^ Two of us took a two week road trip last June. I hadn't been on a road trip (other than overnight) since I was a child. Honestly, I didn't think I'd ever do one again - easier to fly and rent a car. I never ever expected to enjoy it so much! It was great - not just getting to skip the frustrations and uncertainties and hassle at the checkpoint, but the journey itself.
We will go on road trips again, only now it will be for two reasons: 1) to escape the grope and all the rest at the airport (I'm a member of the 'grope for life' club) and 2) because going by road can really be great! You see so much that you would otherwise miss (like the saguaros - I like them too.)
I've talked to other folks who feel the same way. They had doubts but drove instead of flying because of the hassle and gropes - and then found, much to their surprise, that they enjoyed travelling by road way more than they ever expected.