Taking the Slow Road
A comment on this entry over on Chris Garcia's blog was so similar to one of the reactions I got when I told people at BASFA that I'm taking two days to drive to Anaheim that I felt I had to reply to it.
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The point is that for a change, I'm on vacation for a few days. I'm sort of looking forward to not having to be in a rush, to not have to engage in low-altitude flying to make the mileage goal for the day, to being able to relax at my hotel and maybe use the pool and hot tub for a change instead of arriving at Midnight and having to be on the road by 6 AM, and otherwise trying to enjoy myself.
I realize that I'm in a somewhat privileged position to be able to do this. I have enough seniority at my job (>ten years) that I have the time off to be able to take seven days of vacation. I have enough money (including indirectly through hotel frequent-stay points) to be able to afford the trip. Many people do not have this, and there's nothing wrong with that. I certainly remember having to rush in and out due to other resource constraints. But don't look at me like I'm a space alien because I don't drive like a maniac to get to Southern California in less than five hours.
Besides, I'm getting 10-20% better gas mileage by driving at 55 MPH.
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The point is that for a change, I'm on vacation for a few days. I'm sort of looking forward to not having to be in a rush, to not have to engage in low-altitude flying to make the mileage goal for the day, to being able to relax at my hotel and maybe use the pool and hot tub for a change instead of arriving at Midnight and having to be on the road by 6 AM, and otherwise trying to enjoy myself.
I realize that I'm in a somewhat privileged position to be able to do this. I have enough seniority at my job (>ten years) that I have the time off to be able to take seven days of vacation. I have enough money (including indirectly through hotel frequent-stay points) to be able to afford the trip. Many people do not have this, and there's nothing wrong with that. I certainly remember having to rush in and out due to other resource constraints. But don't look at me like I'm a space alien because I don't drive like a maniac to get to Southern California in less than five hours.
Besides, I'm getting 10-20% better gas mileage by driving at 55 MPH.