Stop Flying!! America is truly the land of the beautiful! Drive to your destination and support the American restaurants, shops, attractions, and more! The airlines have overstepped and deserve to go down.They have outrageous costs, violate your freedom (TSA) let us not forget that, and they are happy to implement the mark of the beast shit. I have seen America in its entirety and trust me you only know it by experiencing it. America is the land that inspires songs!
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When I was a kid my dad wanted to take us to visit my uncle in CA for a couple of months. He was my dad's only sibling. His employer told him "no" so he quit his job. He was a talented machinist and he knew he'd have no problem finding another job. My dad and mom bought a small Shasta trailer and hooked it to our 1962 station wagon, packed up all we needed and three kids and took off. My dad being a history buff had poured over maps for days marking our route with iodine on a Q tip.(I guess highlighters hadn't been invented.) Our first stop was Mammoth Cave . From there we zig zagged all over the States on our way. We went to the Mississippi deltas and watched guys catch shrimp, and saw our first glow worm on the path. We slept just outside an old sugar mill and found lizards by the score. We tasted sugar cane, drank water from a roadside pump, saw where Billy the Kid was killed, went to a desert and camped by a highway with no one passing by for hours while we had a campfire and my mom and dad sang old cowboy songs. I would not ever trade that trip for one on a plane. Yeah, we would have gotten there faster, but I'd have missed all of these memories that I cherish to this day. That trip was made 63 years ago
Beautiful story - thanks for sharing!
Thank You ! I thought it was too long for anyone to stop and read it. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment ,too.
I don’t come here for anecdotes but I really enjoyed reading this. Bess your dad for having the balls to put family before work. Im sure it would fill him with joy to know that memory is so strong and vivid in your heart, all these years later.
Happy Easter to you and your loved ones.
Thank You. I know that it did . In the hours before his death I brought a beer to him at the Veteran's Home and we had a "cold one" together for the last time , I told him how I remembered the good things that he did for me. That and other trips were remembered with him and I told him how much I learned from them. He was a nature lover and had a great thirst for knowledge. I'm glad for all of those things.
Happy Easter to you also.
Ahh, the memories of my step dad flicking his cigarette embers into the wind. Then they blew into the back seat and burned me awake over and over on trips from Florida to New England. The second hand smoke and having to pee for 200 miles.... good times!
Oh, He had his moments too. I remember him stopping the car and taking off his belt and swinging it at our bare legs because we wouldn't stop fighting in the back seat. :)
LOL Ahhhhh...the belt! Yep, I remember those days as well. On the legs or the bare butt. We'd count our welts. But then with 8 kids, something had to blow once in awhile. Today's parents would never have made it growing up back then.
Thank You. I have done all of those as a child or a parent. I really hate flying . Last time was to D.C. had to fly because daughter had a small time limit. I was kinda miserable .I was pissed off at the airport and felt like they grudgingly let me get on their plane by the kindness of their hearts, and that I should feel grateful for the privileged to pay them 1,000 to do so.
It stinks.
Agree, made me think of the travels we did over the summer with my kids. My brother and I were teachers so we had the summer off to travel. We went everywhere and camped, slept in a teepee in Kingsman AZ, climbed the Grand Canyon, loved the badlands and Mt. Rushmore. He recently died in Dec. and I miss him very much. My kids have great memories of traveling all over with their uncle and mom.
That made me feel good like someone read it and it might inspire them to do a road trip too. I left out so much stuff to not be off putting . We went to Big Bend Park and I saved my sister from being stung by a scorpion because we'd been to a roadside attraction where you put a penny into a machine and a scorpion dummy struck a hand.
We met a Cowboy named Buck Newsom in a saloon and he offered my mom a swig from a whiskey bottle he kept in his boot. My mom didn't drink at all, but to be polite she took a swig. She coughed til she peed her pants. A month later there was an article about Big Bend in National Geographic and Buck Newsom was interviewed. My brush with Greatness.
Good for you ! Follow Route 66 and see America. Freeways are racist (ask Biden ) take two lanes and stop often. It really helps if you have no destination. Free Bird !
We drove when moving from tx to ca and its beautiful. We pretty much drive everywhere now. Better than flying with a 2 yr old anyways. I flew my whole life with my dad working for AA but the experience just sucks now
Funny you should mention Big Bend NP! On our first of 3? trips out west, we went to Big Bend; I was 6. Me and my two older brothers 9 and 11, went for a hike across a ravine from the campground we were in, and climbed up a talus slope to get to a point our Dad had told us "If you get to that point, I'll give you each a dollar". He wasn't aware of how far away things can be, and still look close, when you are in the clear and mostly un-vegetated lands of the west :) We did reach the point, and on the way back, started a small landslide, which we thought was the most hilarious thing for us; sliding down a moving mountain :) Our parents weren't so amused! The noise of the landslide echoed from the cliff behind the talus, back to the campground, where are parents looked on in horror. We did our dollar though :)
Our friends have four home-schooled kids and want to do something very much like this with them. What a glorious adventure.
It was. I think you need to do it at least once. I'm pretty old now and don't know if I can ever do it again. I'm so grateful for the memories that I have. I can pretty much relive what I remember in my head and it feels almost like I'm there.
Great memories. My parents started us tent camping early. I was one month old when I first went camping. I am not Brian Williams, so I don’t remember that trip LOL. I remember when our parents first bought our Skamper trailer, us kids thought we hit the jackpot. We took that trailer all over the east coast, north east and as far out as Michigan.
What do you remember about Michigan ? I grew up there. It is a beautiful state and few see it if not seeking it out. You can't drive across it from another state because of the Great Lakes. People have to have it as a destination. PS I was 3 months old when my parents took me deer hunting in the snow all bundled up in blankets. I'm sure they had no luck as my diaper's smells probably gave them away...
We visited relatives in Windsor, Canada. We went to the Detroit Zoo. I was younger and don’t remember where we stayed, but more than likely it was a KOA. I vividly remember the ride back into the US traveling in a long tunnel. One weird thing was they package milk in plastic bags in Canada. I remember my brother slamming the top of the cooler down and the milk bag exploded.
Had trip like yjisnintook with my kids and ex wife (we were married then) when we were moving from Washington State back down to FL. The boys still talk about that trip to this day. That was in '09. The daughter was born yet, but we're planning another family trip for her to experience later this year.
I'm sure she will have memories that will last a lifetime. Where are you driving? Old Route 66 is a place to get your kicks.
I completely agree. There is nothing pleasant about airports or planes anymore. Mandatory masking, rude behavior from TSA and flight attendants, and ridiculous “fees” and “surcharges”...no thanks!
Agreed. What irks me most, after the sham and indignity of TSA control points, is the announcement that "Federal law requires the wearing of masks throughout the airport." My audible response every time I hear that lie is "FALSE!" CDC is NOT a law-making body. All they did was issue an edict - which I rail against at every opportunity. Am I surprised that a taxpayer-funded entity (port Districts in blue states, primarily) would brazenly LIE to travelers, on a constant basis? Why, of course not! These are the same pukes who force-feed the Cabal Nonsense Network through every monitor without exception, to the unaware sheeple.
I sincerely hope and pray that the Resumed Constitutional Republic will set the foundation for the change to this kind of widespread misinformation and evil, collusive corruption in the name of "safety" - which we all recognize as nothing more than CONTROL. May everyone involved pay the appropriate price, legally, physically and spiritually -- for their criminal actions!
oops -- just fell off the soap box again kek
Well, it was an executive order I think, which unless Congress or the Supreme Court overturn it, means that almost all companies that deal with interstate commerce will pretty much follow it, like it not: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/21/executive-order-promoting-covid-19-safety-in-domestic-and-international-travel/
Ah, I see -- thank you for the sauce. Braindead Joe decreeing anything is an absolute joke . . . . as is anything pertaining to the control-grab virus hoax. I look forward to that distant point in the future when this idiocy is well behind us!
Remember that none of the CEOs who run large corporations had anything to do with their creation and all the board members of all these corporations belong to a small circle of individuals who all belong to the same cult.
They wear funny looking hats too
Yup
Some of us were telling Americans to STOP FLYING 12 years ago when TSA started scoping and groping us, in clear violation of our 4th amendment rights.
But it's much too important to get to Disney World with grandma to think about those pesky civil liberties.
I think it's more like 19 years ago. But I've been protesting the TSA so long it feels like my entire adult life. It's definitely gotten me some weird reactions as for most people that submissive behavior has been normalized.
Get a person to do a small thing to allow you to do something more egregious.
It was in 2009/2010 they rolled out the gropers and the scanners.
Freedom to Travel was founded because of that. One of their founders has an artificial leg. You can imagine the indignities she has had to endure.
I was on their mailing list from the very beginning, but recently had myself removed because some of their newsletters have developed a very leftist bent.
My ex worked for L3 who installed the naked machines. I found out later that it was owned by none other than George soros...??♀️
Had that argument with a neighbor... " I don't mind what they have to do to keep me "safe".
The whole “trading freedom/liberty/privacy for safety/security” has been around for ages.
This is the reason voting was limited to landowners - because once you own land, you begin to value your freedom.
But some of us have family overseas and taking a boat takes far too long. It sucks.
How do we do to flying and airlines like what happened the internet and the smartphone..
Think about how heavy an airplane is and there are thousands in the air all the day all night with all the luggage and fuel and just FUCKING MASS of a Airliner.
Now how would i go about inventing that for the individual to fly preferably non gas and that could also go underwater and heat resistant really cover our bases.
Now theres the how .. now how do we take it in our own hand and produce CREATION of open source.
And outta the 9 billon people on this planet how has this not caught on .
What works for aerodynamics doesn't always work for hydrodynamics.
Boats are cool, takes a while but use a cool boat with cool services. Make it more fun
Boat transport to Europe amd back would take all of my vacation time. I don't mind boat trips, but my goal is to spend time with my family while they are around.
I suppose we’d have to consider more beneficial alternatives like self employment, owning a business, negotiating better holiday terms with your employer, relocating your family, relocating your other family, etc
We have to think and live in a way that is more resilient to the control apparatuses
Yeah I am done flying, it sucks Hawaii was my favorite state but owell!
Yep, same here... gotta get a boat I guess!
Shit those things cost so much in upkeep ??
I love the way you think. I've taken my kids on road trips and they have memories of things they never would have had if we had flown, just as I did as a child with my family.
For years I have offered to give a free ride to my daughter if she would take me on a road trip out west , if we had time to get that far, but she was only interested in getting to a destination. It strikes me as odd, since she really enjoyed our trips off the beaten paths. For anyone who has never done this , you really need to consider hopping in the car and seeing the true United States on the back roads and the less traveled areas . You would never be sorry.
It's really the greatest thing to put in a route on the GPS and have it keep you off the interstate.
I've done this a handful of times during trips from Ohio to Kentucky and West Virginia, and it's always a fun drive, especially when you get towards the more hilly areas on the older routes. Never a dull moment. The landscape is gorgeous, and mostly undisturbed by people, minus a handful of small towns
Yes. Every time I visited America I rent a car and rode through god’s own country. I met beautiful people, had great conversations, good food, I stopped for the night were I wanted to. In 2013 I made a road trip with the women I married two years later and the experience of freedom we made during these weeks tie us together for the rest of our life.
Awesome. That’s what it’s all about.
A new airline has been created by a woman against Covid testing and masking to fly. Somewhere in my millions of bookmarks I have the name, but no time today to peruse. It is small, but it is a start!
We were finished flying long before this simply because of the way we were treated, the money and being packed in like sardines as they always are able to cut through regulations for more greed.
I was flying to Netherlands in 2019 for $300 a direct flight. Considering the costs, it's an absolute miracle.
Flying used to be a luxury item that people took care to respect. Seems like after the gas wars of the 70's, things got all twisted in this respect. Now, it's so commonplace and viewed as a "necessity," that we've given up respect for ease of simplicity. Even though, there's nothing simplistic about the current TSA Airline System.
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I've always been a camper - my kids love it - and it's a great way to unplug. With travel being shut down last year, RV sales skyrocketed -- families are already deciding to drive to destinations. Oh yeah, and airlines benefited from that 1.9 billion....
"The bill allocates $14 billion for eligible airlines and $1 billion for contractors to the air carriers to extend a payroll support program set to run out on March 31. The legislation also includes $8 billion for airports to make changes to facilities or personnel to prevent the spread of Covid-19."https://www.dallasnews.com/business/economy/2021/03/06/heres-what-is-in-the-19-trillion-stimulus-deal-for-airlines-the-unemployed-and-renters/
Not to mention, their exhaust has polluted the sky the world over. One good thing about the pandemic was the visible improvement in the air, over my city at least, because of fewer flights.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Amen!
Yeah. Airlines suck. It used to be a wonderful thing to fly. People were treated like royalty. People got dressed up in their finery to fly and you were fed real meals on china plates. Now they treat you as if they are doing you a big favor for letting your unworthy ass sit in one of their Raggedy ass seats as they toss a tiny bag of peanuts at you .
Burma Shave signs were the best . One I remember from childhood
Don't go passing...on a slope...unless you have...a periscope. Burma Shave
What about the "See Rock City" signs? :)
I remember Sea Shell City . Finally my mom stopped there and I bought a pair of maracas and my sister bought a pair of castanets. We played lovely music all the way to Cheboygan MI. Mom was really sorry that she had given in after years of driving past.
We had 20 miles to "Sea Shell City " My mom finally broke down and stopped there. I got maracas and my sister got finger castigates and we played lovely music all the way to Cheboygan MI . My mom was so glad that she stopped there or she would never have discovered her kid's talents.
Bonus points America is not gay ass europe.
For sure!!! Road trip!!!
Look at the amount of flights going on right now. It’s wild. Our pollution is so minimal compared to China though. I’m buying a new truck soon. Love me some gas! https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
I will not be flying at all. And would rather limit my travel than support those fucking psychopaths
I tried to never fly ever since TSA. They used to provide service and legroom now they don't give you either.
I wonder sometimes about our advisory.. He is the prince of the power of the air. Seems profound to understand our enemy. Glory be to God Almighty!
Wait until buttplug institutes the ‘per-mile’ tax
Yeah this definitely puts me between a rock and a hard place because I fix those airplanes. Do I boycott my own company that I’ve loved for so many years? Or blame it on bad current leadership? It’s all too much man.
Amen to ALL of this!!! Well said.
Or we start our own private airline and don't go through TSA.
They are now in business with US Treasury. Covid bailout deal meant Uncle Sam got huge chunk of their stocks or no PPE money. So Biden will pick what 2 are the UN Agenda 2030 winners. All others will be put out of business due to Green New Deal regulations.
No flying or cruising for us anymore.
Easier said then dome my fren
Airports/Airlines -- No More
Coca-cola -- No More
Twitter -- No More
Fast Food -- No More
MSM -- No More
Amazon -- Still hooked...
I have only flown once since 911, and that was before the body scanners and stuff. Back then all we did was empty our pockets and walk through the metal detector. I have no desire to fly anyway. Driving and taking your time is more fun anyway.
My arms and legs are not strong enough to swim the Pacific. I have terrible motion sickness on boats and ships. I guess I would have to just stay home on the island. I really wanted to see more of the mainland after retirement.
Keep asking for : Non-mask flights / seats; Non-vaxxed flights/ seats.
Fly non only.