Planes, Trains and Automobiles part 2

Marv and I flew to Virginia for Paul and Anne’s wedding. It took ALL DAY with changing planes and a certain amount of time between flights. I used to enjoy flying, but not anymore. The main reason being the lack of space. You are sardined in with 3 other people. At least they don’t allow smoking on planes anymore. Because of physical issues both Marv and I need aisle seats. Which means we never sit together anymore. And we found out that requesting aisle seats doesn’t mean you will get them. It does no good to complain either. The flight attendants have no say in it. It’s the airline. For one of the longest stretches we were in a plane, both Marv and I were stuck in middle seats. Miserable.

When the kids were little, we parked them with my parents for a weekend train trip to Seattle. Marv had a dental tech seminar and I went along for the ride. We got on the train in Chico at midnight. Truly awful trying to sleep sitting up in an uncomfortable train seat. Once it was daylight it wasn’t bad to watch out the window at the passing scenery. Eating in the dining car was interesting. We were seated on one side of the table and another 2 people were seated on the other side. The food was entirely edible. The biggest drawback was that the observation car had smoking allowed, which meant I couldn’t set foot in there. The trip back was about the same. We arrived back in Chico around midnight.

We’ve driven down to SoCal and back many times. HATE IT! It’s not too bad until you get closer and then the traffic is horrendous. We’ve driven to Carson City many times and that trip is OK. When we got married, we drove to Fort Bragg for our honeymoon. Lovely area. We did a day trip a few months earlier to scope the area out and find a decent motel. The weather was great. By the time we got married, though, the weather had changed and it wasn’t as great. Also, I got car sick on the way over the second time. Eureka is probably my favorite place to go, although road construction always seems to be an issue. Beautiful area though.