390 miles tomorrow. Fly or drive. Hmmmm let’s see.
Drive, 6 hours, almost all interstate, not many bottlenecks along the way. Work at home in the morning. Enjoy breakfast with wife. Leave at noon, listen to Rush, listen to Hannity, there by dinner. May listen to oldies and sing at the top of my lungs for a bit. Maybe see some interesting things along the road. Arrive a little tired but not bad.
Fly, allow 5 hours, 1 hour to airport, be sure to get there 2 hours B4 flight cause you never know, 1 hour flight time, 1 hour to get out of the airport, catch a cab and get to the hotel.
Strip off boots, belt and coat, move computer to tray, be sure to remove Leatherman and all change from briefcase, leave pocket knife at home etc. Stand in X-ray, hold arms over head like a criminal, be passive, grit teeth but try not to look angry, risk being frisked by Fat Albert and / or having all contents of bags manhandled etc. Oh boy! What fun!
Fly red-eye or late afternoon.
Up at 0430 for red eye, got to allow for 48 miles of rush hour traffic to go the airport and get there too early, about 1000. Kill rest of day at hotel working on something.
Leave the house at 1300 for afternoon flight and arrive by about 1800.
Arrive at destination having been run through the mill, tired, frustrated, angry... yeah buddy.
Return
Drive, leave in evening and drive until I get tired, hotel if necessary. Up early, drive to office.
Fly, leave at 1900 and maybe arrive home by midnight.
Oh, and did I mention that the only carrier is United? Blech!
Stupid of me. Don’t know how that happened. Wrong thread.