Flying… when did flying become blasé? I used to be very anxious about flying… why you ask. Well it was certainly not fear. It was the huge inconvenience and expense of missing the flight. That feeling is now almost completely gone. We took seven flights while we were in South America and they all worked out just fine. During this last trip to Florida I decided not to go home as scheduled. I now have a credit with Southwest… it has gotten to the point now that I miss takeoffs… yup, one minute we are on the ground and the next thing I know it, we are flying away. Not don’t get me wrong, except for the sitting for long, long periods of time, I think that flying is way cool… they only thing is that it still takes a long, long time to get to most places… they need faster planes.
They also need less stops on trains. If they did that, we’d have ground transportation that rivals air transportation at a fraction of the cost … and I do mean a lesser amount, not 3/2 the cost which technically is a fraction.
I have looked at train travel and except for local trains, it is not any cheaper then air… I just got a $79 flight from Fort Lauderdale… the train, can’t touch that :>