On 1/26/2021 10:18 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> You really have no sense of how big the USA really is until you drive
> across it. I hope to do it one more time. I've flown out a bunch but
> that is boring.

Yes, flying gives you no views at altitude.
Driving takes a long time, more than I'd want to do again.
Never done this across country but I think a train would be the way to
do it. Sit back and relax and enjoy the day time views.

My only train experiences were from Washington dc to western maryland
but fun trips.

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:23:17 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 1/26/2021 10:18 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> You really have no sense of how big the USA really is until you drive
>> across it. I hope to do it one more time. I've flown out a bunch but
>> that is boring.
>
>Yes, flying gives you no views at altitude.
>Driving takes a long time, more than I'd want to do again.
>Never done this across country but I think a train would be the way to
>do it. Sit back and relax and enjoy the day time views.
>
>My only train experiences were from Washington dc to western maryland
>but fun trips.

I've driven cross country many times, even the long way across Canada,
but those trips were in my 20s-30s, I don't think I'd want to attempt
it now, and there's not much to see across Canada except a million
miles of flat nothingness until you reach the Rockies. There were
grain mills every 20 kilometers all across the middle of Canada, you'd
no sooner lose sight of the last one in the rear view mirror when
another would rise up in front of you. All I can say is anyone wants
to try it be sure to fuel up at every station along the way, you do
not want to run out of fuel out there and not every station was
operating, I came close to running out of fuel in Thunder Bay. And
don't drive at night crossing over the Great Lakes, no lighting and
critters all over the roads, moose and bear. And when parking for the
night at a motel don't leave a lick of food in your vehicle, those
huge bears will peel it open like a can opener.