A Trip to Colorado Springs

EvilGentleman: 5th Mar 2006 - 04:03 GMT

Trust me, you have not truly enjoyed life until you spend a month on the road. Road trips by car or truck are by far the best compromise between freedom of movement, speed of travel, and actually seeing things as you pass by. I wish I could do a coast-to-coast trip by bicycle one day, but I cannot spare the time involved, and safe parking and luggage capacity are major problems. Flying is so fast, but you see so little, unless staring down at the tops of cumulus formations is your heart's desire. And trains are confined by rails, schedules, etc. Yup. Life in a car... can't beat it. Well, maybe a Winnebago...

jack: 5th Mar 2006 - 04:54 GMT

that would have to be some fishing line. if you caught anything it would be vertigo. nice photos.

Elicar: 5th Mar 2006 - 14:49 GMT

Thanks Jack and Barry!

I agree with you, Evil, when it is a driving vacation, where you drive for 4-6 hours, stop by a quaint little town and stay at a quaint little inn and explore the next day, and perhaps get a good night's sleep before moving on to the next interesting place. Just like what I did in the early 90's. We drove to San Antonio (I fell in love with it), Houston and to Galveston and visited the interesting places in between.

But this trip was not like that. I don't know if you have driven through East Texas, but all you can see is flat lands. (Oh, there's another cornfield!) The oil drills made it a little bit more interesting. The only other interesting picture I took along the way was that of a windmill. (Too bad I was not able to take a picture of the sign, "Finish our 56 oz of steak and it's free!). It only got interesting when we passed through New Mexico.

Driving 16 hours again? Nope. The 13 to 14 hours straight flight I take every two years is more inviting. And rail is good, if you fo first class. The minute the train rolls, the liquor carts rolls (my employer paid for it, folks!).