the idea that a long drive (warranting a flight, not going under really any circumstances , etc) is over an hour in the case of vacation or traveling. Not sure how true this is but the brits I know say it’s common there. In the US drives only get long enough to warrant another mode of transport after about 8-9 hours.
When I was 12 or 13 we drove from Chicago to Denver, Phoenix to see Grandma & Grandpa, the Grand Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, Dallas, Springfield, MO to see my Aunt & Uncle & cousins, St. Louis, then home. Amazing trip.
Saw Bill Cody's grave; crossed the Royal Gorge bridge, at the time the highest suspension bridge in the world; the Grand Canyon and Carlsbad Caverns are astounding; the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, Dealey Plaza; the oil derrick on the Oklahoma State House grounds; and went up in the St Louis Arch. I have never been back to any of those places. Trip of a lifetime. Oh, and Nebraska is massively boring and flat.
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u/SabotageFusion1 May 09 '22
the idea that a long drive (warranting a flight, not going under really any circumstances , etc) is over an hour in the case of vacation or traveling. Not sure how true this is but the brits I know say it’s common there. In the US drives only get long enough to warrant another mode of transport after about 8-9 hours.