I love road trips.
- I know that not everybody feels this way, but I think that they’re missing out.
I really love getting in a car and hitting the road. Even if I’m driving for the next 12 hours, I will have a great time hanging out by myself and seeing the sights. It is my preferred method of travel. I know plenty of other people like buses, planes and trains, but that’s not for me. In fact the closest method of travel, jumping on a train, it’s so uncomfortable that I wouldn’t never endure it if I could avoid it. The last time that I was on a long train ride, it was one of the most miserable experiences of my entire life. I was moving across the country, and the rail was the fastest mode of transportation. I didn’t realize that it was also going to be the hottest and stinkiest mode of transportation. Apparently this train did not have the best HVAC system on board. That’s fine and good, I don’t have extreme temperature preferences or anything, but I do expect there to be some air flow. This train had absolutely zero ventilation. It felt like the air was completely stale and stagnant. Maybe that air had been on the train for 10 years already. the entire trains dank and sticky like it was in the middle of a Tropical Paradise. The only difference was the amount of sweat and human stench that have been baked into the train. Without any running HVAC system, the air just sat around and fully integrated itself into all of the upholstery. I felt dirty just sitting on that train. When my I’ll meet sat down next to me and I got a whiff of his armpits, I felt a lot dirtier. I’ll stick to the car and my own personal HVAC.