Friday, September 16, 2016

Enjoy the Journey


So here I am stuffed into row 25 seat C, the back of the plane, a nice crowded plane - and I am smiling.  Hey, even the flight attendant is smiling. This was another trip, another flight, another hotel, I have already passed 30 nights in hotels for the year. This week I am off for another 5,000 miles, three nights in another hotel.  The hotels all start to look alike after a while.  

And I continue to enjoy the journey. I am always thrilled by the feeling of a plane taking flight, and by the sight of the airport fence just before landing. I look forward to exploring the new, and seeing the familiar in places I return to.  Sometimes the journey is the highlight of the trip.  

What is your favorite part of travel?  

5 comments:

  1. The sheer terror that comes from wondering if the plane will crash?

    :-)

    -Andy

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  2. waiting in the train station for the adventure to begin. as bugs bunny once said: "it's the suspense that gits me!"

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  3. Honestly, my favorite part is coming home. I love to travel but nothing beats walking through the door of my own home and those furry kid faces.

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  4. I don't relish traveling out of neurotic fears; I admire your abilities to travel without looking to crack up.
    I like the start of the travel, knowing it is before me.

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  5. David,
    Three years ago I started flying twice a year after thirty-five years of not flying (1979). I enjoy the whole process believe it or not. Even being stuffed into a too small space in a metal tube flying in the sky. I still think it is amazing that we are able to fly. What I hate and is painfull for me is the air pressure effect on my ears. But flying is always a grand adventure for me.
    Ron

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