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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 738035" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I've only been on trains twice and the first doesn't count, since my dad arranged for me to ride in an old-fashioned caboose. LOL I took my son on a train trip once, BORING. But he loved every second because - TRAIN! He so loved trains.</p><p></p><p>If the whole point is to get somewhere though, like we have six days of vacation and we're going 2,000 miles away - then planes of course. I actually like flying, except for takeoff; I always have <em>"crashed during takeoff"</em> in my head. I'm even fine landing. Turbulence bothers me, but who does it not? It's not tight enough to trigger claustrophobia in me - generally. I got a bit antsy when stuck on the tarmac for and hour and a half once. If I were ever in one of those planes you hear of where they keep the passengers on the plane on the ground for like 5 hours, I'm pretty sure that before the 3rd hour was up the air marshal <em>would</em> be having words with me. My feet do NOT thank me. They end up looking like inflated rubber gloves. And of course there's the size issue. Jabber and I didn't buy an extra seat to Rome, but BOY were we glad to have an empty one next to us coming home. Two of us side by side is one too many. Luckily when we went to Vegas last time the lady next to me was small. Still, makes me very self-conscious about my size. So...while I do LIKE flying, there are many caveats. But I like getting to my destination with hours to spare and there are bad flights (the 10 hour flight to Rome was a terrible flight)...they're about the only game in town for long Distances.</p><p></p><p>If time isn't an issue though, I'd probably have to say driving too. I don't mind being the driver - in fact, I'm more relaxed as the driver - but I don't like heavy traffic. Still, the best part of being driven is that you can look around and see things! So many times, I've said, "Did you see that?" and poor Jabber says, "I didn't see it, I'm driving!" </p><p></p><p>Give me a full tank of gas and let me wander! I think I'd LOVE RV travel. With no time-table, I could just take all the little side roads to the towns with funny names and see the country. It sounds like heaven, at least for a good long while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 738035, member: 17309"] I've only been on trains twice and the first doesn't count, since my dad arranged for me to ride in an old-fashioned caboose. LOL I took my son on a train trip once, BORING. But he loved every second because - TRAIN! He so loved trains. If the whole point is to get somewhere though, like we have six days of vacation and we're going 2,000 miles away - then planes of course. I actually like flying, except for takeoff; I always have [I]"crashed during takeoff"[/I] in my head. I'm even fine landing. Turbulence bothers me, but who does it not? It's not tight enough to trigger claustrophobia in me - generally. I got a bit antsy when stuck on the tarmac for and hour and a half once. If I were ever in one of those planes you hear of where they keep the passengers on the plane on the ground for like 5 hours, I'm pretty sure that before the 3rd hour was up the air marshal [I]would[/I] be having words with me. My feet do NOT thank me. They end up looking like inflated rubber gloves. And of course there's the size issue. Jabber and I didn't buy an extra seat to Rome, but BOY were we glad to have an empty one next to us coming home. Two of us side by side is one too many. Luckily when we went to Vegas last time the lady next to me was small. Still, makes me very self-conscious about my size. So...while I do LIKE flying, there are many caveats. But I like getting to my destination with hours to spare and there are bad flights (the 10 hour flight to Rome was a terrible flight)...they're about the only game in town for long Distances. If time isn't an issue though, I'd probably have to say driving too. I don't mind being the driver - in fact, I'm more relaxed as the driver - but I don't like heavy traffic. Still, the best part of being driven is that you can look around and see things! So many times, I've said, "Did you see that?" and poor Jabber says, "I didn't see it, I'm driving!" Give me a full tank of gas and let me wander! I think I'd LOVE RV travel. With no time-table, I could just take all the little side roads to the towns with funny names and see the country. It sounds like heaven, at least for a good long while. [/QUOTE]
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