British Mum Reacts to How America Makes Britain Look Like a Tiny Village

[@scotthaynes8572]

This is one of the reasons why a lot of us don't travel that often outside of the country. When you live 1000 miles away from your family, vacations are usually spent going to various relatives.

[@stadot1427]

My childhood. The first time I had any justification to leave the country was a volunteer trip in my teens.

[@christopherf9700]

I've left once and it was an elementary school fieldtrip to Montreal Canada

[@matthewscarborough2597]

not only that but America is so large and diverse we can take a trip to the next state and its like a different country sometimes the scenery local designs of buildings and such we don't really need to leave America to see some new and cool things there is so much here to see

[@TheWorldWonders]

I wonder how many Europeans have been more than 1000 miles from home, whereas I've driven close to 1000 miles in a day (trading driving positions with my brother).

[@Londubh]

Most Europeans don't grok that for an American to leave the US to visit any country other than Mexico or Canada, is analogous to them leaving Europe to go beyond Moscow, or into Sub-Saharan Africa.

[@HistoryNerd808]

To give you an idea of how differently we think of time, I literally drove 3 hours(about 200 miles) each direction just to grab lunch with my aunt earlier this year. Sure, I hadn't seen her in awhile but that isn't really that crazy for us. Hello from the Sunflower State.

[@jeffreyray9136]

Yea to visit my family when I was a kid it was 160 miles each way. We went many weekends.

[@HistoryNerd808]

​@@jeffreyray9136Yeah, I don't do it on the weekends because I work Monday to Friday but when I visit my parents in Texas over 500 miles away from me, that 8 hour trip(about 9 or 10 when stopping for gas and food) is a day's drive. A lot of places that would be a trip that they'd cut into multiple days. The Great American Road Trip is a rite of passage in this country for a reason.

[@Rod-Wheeler]

Drove 6 hrs with the family just to go have lunch at a specific restaurant then drove back. 12 hrs. round trip.

[@Anon54387]

I once drove from central California to San Diego. That's a long drive. Then from central CA up to the Oregon border. California (as is true of 10 other states) is bigger than the UK. I once drove from California to Florida on Interstate 10, Texas is a BIG state, the 2nd biggest in fact, and if Alaska was divided in half Texas would be the 3rd biggest state. There are two adjacent counties (Inyo is one of them, I forget the name of the adjacent one) in California that put together are as big as Scotland. The USA is about as big as the continent of Europe, Canada is about as big as the USA, and Mexico is bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined. The North American continent is huge.

[@tosweet68]

​@@HistoryNerd808I used to drive about 13 hours in one day every Christmas from Kansas City to Houston and then 13 hours back....a week later

[@vailashayes5494]

I'm from Texas. You can drive from the center of TX in any direction you choose and 7 hours later, you will still be in TX.

[@Zobeid]

I live in the center of Texas and can confirm.

[@mt.shasta6097]

I crossed Texas two different times as a little kid. Was tempted never to speak to parents again. NOT a scenic state!

[@Zobeid]

@@mt.shasta6097 Some parts of Texas can be interesting to drive through. However. . . I once drove from central Texas to Minnesota and back, four days on the road, and that was a truly soul-destroying journey.

[@lauracalava2983]

🤠👍

[@brynnashcroft3734]

​@@Zobeid 35 is a trip and I totally agree with ya.

[@CharlesGriswold]

At one time, Alaska was the least populated state. But then someone moved from Wyoming to Alaska and they swapped positions.

[@deekang6244]

Haha!😂

[@DianeCasanova]

😂😂😂😂​@@deekang6244

[@gaslighthotel]

😂😂😂

[@CaddyJim]

That's a knee slapper... (But it would take 100,000 to move to Wyoming)

[@jamesnixon1875]

lol

[@ralphvelthuis2359]

As a size comparison, in Canada we have a national park that is twice the size of Wales. In both the US and Canada, we usually measure distance between 2 cities, ect in time. It's about a 5 hour drive, it's only 2 hours away, ect.

[@libidinousbear4563]

Friendly reminder that Yellowstone is more than 2 million square miles bigger than Wood Buffalo, and this is a video about America.

[@PraxisPeabody]

​@libidinousbear4563 we are American. Canada is a part of North America.

[@erberIsSillyhawk]

ikr, 2 hours is pretty local to americans, to them its really far away

[@HornWorm8]

@@PraxisPeabody People that live in the United States don't seem to realize that there are 23 countries in North America. And that makes all the people that live in these countries Americans. Just like people that live in Romania, France, Spain, Slovakia etc. are all Europeans. Sure people from France are called French, but they are also European. Just like people from Canada are both Canadian and American. United States of America means United States of (the American continent). If Canada wanted to it could call itself Canada of America. Or Costa Rica could call itself Costa Rica of America. ALL of us North Americans are Americans. But because the people that live in the States are called Americans and not Staters they seem to think they are the only Americans. Do you know why people in the States are not called "Staters"? With all that said, true that this video is not about North America. It's about United States only.

[@Peter-e6f]

@@HornWorm8 We are called Americans and not Staters because the name America was coined for the land mass and the people living here long before the birth of the country. The people that lived here were already called Americans long before the United States was formed and so it was just easier to continue calling them Americans and not change it to Staters.

[@crominion6045]

Have you ever been to Arizona and seen the Grand Canyon? If not, I hope you'll get there one day. People often shrug at the idea and say "It's just a big hole in the ground," but when you see it in person it's so massive that it doesn't even look real. It's like your brain can't compute the scale of what your eyes are seeing. Truly something you'll remember for the rest of your life.

[@deron6009]

To really take it in you have to hike the rim, it’s an amazing view

[@judithhardin2783]

Totally agree. I’m American old-age adult, and a military brat so I’ve lived in nine different states and two European countries. I’ve traveled a lot in Europe and been to 38 US states. I had never seen the Grand Canyon until a few years ago. It is jaw dropping…cataclysmic. I’d seen many photos, movies with the Grand Canyon, but until you’ve seen it…been there…it’s a whole different experience.

[@marchhare9440]

The Grand Canyon is huge! I have a picture I took half way to Phantom Ranch on the South Kaibab trail, you can't tell that you're in the Grand Canyon, it could be anywhere in that part of Arizona!

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Colorado is better

[@Tony-ex2rm]

Or go to the top of the Freedom Tower in NYC and see how the urban sprawl spreads over the horizon.

[@johnzubil2875]

I was in construction for over 30 yrs. and regularly drove 60 miles to a job site. 60 miles there and 60 miles back, without blinking an eye.

[@Moonboy9001]

I bet you blinked...

[@johnzubil2875]

@@Moonboy9001 never.

[@ontheroad5317]

I commute 50 miles each way, 5 days a week. It’s a good job, so it doesn’t bother me.

[@anitapeludat256]

That's right. An hour each way. Not a big deal to me either. 👍😊

[@coffeemachtspass]

I did an hour twenty each way for awhile. It was a construction job and the boss was a family member whose regular crew was booked out, but he really needed help to get the stem walls up to complete the job on time. I listened to so many audiobooks on that job😂😂

[@sresnic]

The distance from Manhattan to Los Angeles is virtually the same as that from Lisbon, Portugal to Moscow, Russia.

[@CB018332]

Seattle to Orlando is the same as Paris to Baghdad

[@daisyp1670]

@@CB018332that’s WILD

[@orange222...]

My brother came from Germany to Florida and thought we were going to visit Niagra Falls.

[@paddington1670]

yeah maybe after 2 and a half weeks of driving lol

[@lauracalava2983]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@vincentwilkes1955]

​@@paddington1670 I'd say a solid 2 to 3 days of driving with minimal breaks haha

[@FlightSims-v4p]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LoriCrabtree31]

@@paddington1670 I drove from southern Florida to Southern Ohio in 21 HRS. I googled it and it is a 19 HR and 21 MIN drive from mid Florida to Niagra Falls. So one absolutely miserable day of driving, stopping for gas/bathroom and eating in the car. Drive really fast in the states with little to no patrolmen and cruise control your speed trap states.

[@Latholan]

I'm an American and I drive 100 miles round trip to go to work every day. I've done this for years and I hardly notice it anymore

[@robertsullivan1661]

So your mum mentioned hiking coast to coast in the US and that it would take years. There actually is a hiking trail that goes coast to coast and takes roughly two+years to hike. The triple crown of hiking is much more popular in America though. These three trail go north and south but are mostly hiked south to north because of weather concerns. Two start at the Mexican border and end at or slightly inside Canada. The third starts in Georgia and ends in Maine. They are the Pacific Crest Trail or PCT, 2,650 miles. The Continental Divide Trail or CDT, 3,100 miles. And the Appalachian Trail or AT, 2,200 miles. They all take roughly 4-6 months to complete. And while thousands embark on Thru Hikes of these trails every year only a small percentage of experienced hikers actually are able to complete them in one push.

[@jimwilcox2964]

There is a guy doing east to west hike this year i think his latest episode is 130 and he was 3 or 4 days into Colorado. Just saw the mountains a day or two ago. 25-30 miles a day

[@kevinerbs2778]

If i rememver correcrly,somone did a bare foot trek from coast ro coast whi h 1 whole year to completely. It was a straight shot across America.

[@jagevt]

Dont forget about the Hayduke trail ! 812 miles from Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, before heading through the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon National Park and ending in Zion National Park. I'm from the east coast, but as far as Im concerned this is the crown jewel of american natural beauty and by large measure, most americans will never set eyes on any of these parks

[@wiscogirl3]

There's a youtube channel called the Thruhikers and I totally recommend. It's a couple that does long backpacking trips across the USA 😊

[@maxmeh2342]

I just left a job where I worked for 8 years, and my commute was 60 miles each way. 120+ miles every weekday, for 8 years. Now I'm working closer to home....about 10 miles each way.

[@gheald5245]

my work commute is 519km(322 miles) each way. Though I only do that once every 3 weeks as I work 2 weeks on, 1 week off rotation.

[@ashleyjohnson9651]

my very first job that i actually drove to, (i was chauffered by my mom to my actual first job as a preschool teacher lol. i didnt learn to drive until i was 24 years old, and got my license 5 days after getting my second job during the summers i wasnt teaching) was 12 miles straight down the highway to a landscape and garden center. it was actually the perfect commute for someone like me who was scared of driving. our house was 100 feet from the highway so i just took 2 turns the entire way--1 right turn off of my street and onto the highway, and the right turn off the highway right into my works parking lot lmao. and my work hours were very flexible, just somewhere between 9 and 10am, so i didnt have to get on the highway with the morning traffic.

[@samuelblake]

@@ashleyjohnson9651 Why were you afraid of driving? No shade, just curious. Most teenagers (15-16ish) are ITCHING for the independence driving affords.

[@ashleyjohnson9651]

@@samuelblake I'm a pretty anxious person overall, from a family with a lot of kids and not a whole lot of money, and the thought of hurting myself or costing my parents a ton of money in a wreck terrified me. I've also got trouble with maladaptive daydreaming, so I was very afraid I'd zone out while driving without meaning to and get in a wreck. And I'm also very much a homebody that likes being around my parents even though we don't see eye to eye on a lot of things Now I understand driving involves a very different sort of zoning out and auto-piloting once you get used to it lmao. I still like to be prepared and use GPS so I know where I'm going to be turning, what lane I need to be in, etc. I don't like to improvise 😂 but I'm a lot more comfortable. I recently moved to a very big city (colorado springs) with my family so I'm still anxious about dealing with all the traffic here. I was in a city of about 30,000 people before.

[@tracyr.2658]

I’m driving about 700 miles, around 11 hrs, this weekend for my nieces wedding and we are only going from North Dakota to Montana.

[@TheArgiShow]

That reminds me of driving across Texas...and you aren't even out of the state yet!🙃

[@Chet_24]

I used to do that from NW montana to western North Dakota.

[@tracyr.2658]

@@Chet_24 we drove from Minot to Missoula.

[@1nm1]

For those that don't know, North Dakota and Montana are ADJOINING states too!!!

[@dalaube]

Lol, same-ish. I just got home for a 700+ mile round trip for work. Left on Monday and got home today, never left the state of New York. Granted, I'm not saying it's not a long-ass drive. But, the one-way 6 hour drive is a pretty casual trip. I don't envy your 700 mile one way drive.

[@LeadPhalanx-zv6wx]

Similarly when many tourists think of NY they only envision NYC when in fact its a beautiful state with mountains forests rivers waterfalls caverns which many are open for tours and a very nice coastline as well

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

It is a gorgeous state. We have been there several times. Hi from Michigan.

[@garysimeone7864]

yes, i also live in NY the lower hudson valley area and when i tell people i live in ny they assume i mean nyc. nys is huge and beautiful from the shores on Long Island to the mountain ranges and farms upstate

[@Michael-cf9lf]

I remember as a child of 4 or 5 yrs old my mom and dad taking us to an underground river inside a cave system, this had to be in the early 60's we were sitting in pairs like in a long boat I don't know what were the safety precautions at the time but they couldn't of been as of present, I remember some holding the wall of the cave there must of been a rope the trip ended at the edge of a waterfall with spaced out lights along the wall of the cave/I'm guessing in the Catskill mountains but I don't know there is also an awesome zoo there

[@Spatr106]

​@@Michael-cf9lf You were at Howe's Caverns! We went there a lot when I was a kid in the 80s. They've upgraded it immensely now. Sadly, the zoo was Catskill Game Farm and they went bankrupt and closed in 2006😢.

[@TheJoyfulEye]

This is true. I never realized about the other part of New York til we took a trip there.

[@heidinewcombe696]

Michigan here! We have the most freshwater shoreline in the country. Each of our Great Lakes has its own characteristics and lore.

[@annamariavalatka636]

Absolutely! Go Blue 💙💙💙💙

[@drthmik]

Heck, I read once that Michigan has more shoreline than the entire eastern seaboard of the US

[@susanpage8315]

Our Great Lakes are really small oceans. Glad to be a ‘gander!

[@AristoCat-h6h]

Very interesting history in the Great Lake region. I have done a full circle from detroit to chicago, up to Minnesota then down through the Upper Peninsula and back. Some of the nicest people and unexpected views around. I listened to the history of the great lakes region most of the way. When this area was uncharted wilderness, it was a very interesting place.

[@verwulf]

I rode on my motorcycle, with my wife riding behind me on a sight seeing tour two years ago. We took it slow to enjoy the sights and visit with family. We traveled for 6 days in a giant circular route and over 1,100 miles (1,770.2 kil). We never left the state I live in. Nevada by the way.

[@twiddlinbits]

You mention that you haven't seen much of America. The same is true of most Americans. It's just too big. Sometimes Europeans like to get on American's cases for not knowing European geography. "You don't know the capitol of Luxembourg?" But those same detractors don't know the capitol of Tennessee, which is over 10 times more populous. I haven't visited most countries, but then I haven't seem much of my own yet.

[@loganshaw4527]

Lol how many states have you been to? Me: I been to only 12. Edit: form Iowa to Maryland and form Maryland to Florida and add Minnesota.

[@lueannabracha2472]

@@loganshaw4527 Which is the same as going to 12 European countries.

[@loganshaw4527]

@@lueannabracha2472 indeed but I would never want to backpack in the US. The distance is mind blowing to those that never visited the US and left to visit a famous state of extremely famous City. That journey I said took a full 24 hours of car traveling. 1250 miles or even a 1,000 miles in a single day is not unheard of but you get a car lag similar to jet lag and have to sleep in the following day to feel better. We also bring food and water and take emergency stops for bodily functions. But the views of open empty or vast land makes up for it. Just avoid traveling at peak summer or peak winter.

[@lueannabracha2472]

@@loganshaw4527 Pretty much. I live in Montana so I would go backpacking, but it isn't for everyone. And I have done backpacking and car traveling in both the peak of summer in 100 degree weather and in the winter at 50 below. Just got back from Boise, ID. Which isn't bad, about 9 hours from me one way. We also have the best views in the US.

[@L-Destroyer]

Yeah I've been to 48 states, but only 7 other countries (2 of those in Europe)... But sometimes I don't feel "well traveled" because it hasn't been overseas.

[@ronmalstaff2595]

I worked with a fellow who was of German heritage. We lived 100 miles west of Chicago at that time. He was contacted by relatives in Germany who asked if they could stay with him during their visit. He gladly agreed. He picked them up when they landed in Chicago and after a few days stay, they announced they were going to visit his brother, but would be back in time for supper. His brother lived in Boise, Idaho! He ended up renting an RV for them in order to take the 3,200 mile roundtrip drive! People in other countries have no idea how big the United States really is. I would have loved to see their faces as they crossed Nebraska!

[@kindking8009]

🤣🤣🤣 I know exactly what you mean about Nebraska. Seems it will never end.

[@trudim8933]

My sister in law Julie was from London. She met my brother in Spain when she was on holiday and he was in port in the US Navy. She had never learned to drive because she always took public transport or walked everywhere. It was fun listening to her stories of how life was so different for her in London. She had been a professional dancer at one time, got to be an extra in the Wake Me Up before you Go- Wham video and had met several people in the music industry. Then she married my brother and moved to North Carolina, home of Andy Griffith and Mayberry. Huge culture shock, but everyone who met her, loved her. She was kind to everyone, tough and protective of her kids and looked in on elderly neighbors.

[@shallcarry]

My wife, son, and I took a road trip to Yellowstone from the Detroit area last summer. We were more than a week on the road. Traveled over 3,000 miles. One of my favorite vacations.

[@donattashono6985]

When we talk about how far we’re driving we don’t describe the distance in miles we describe it in time. It’s about a 3 hour drive.

[@carlotta4th]

Hmm, that is true. We always say things like "it's about an hour north from here" and whatnot.

[@jiggins420]

And that's at 80 mile per hour at least lol

[@shadefangkweep]

@@jiggins420 depends on where you're from. Lotta places have speed limits around 55-65, so you're more likely to be going in the mid-70's on a freeway and _maybe_ 65-70 on a windy back road.

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

a 45 minute drive at highways speeds (70 mph) is a short jaunt for us.

[@kindking8009]

For some people 45 minutes might get you all the way across town! I lived in Phoenix for awhile, while my son was in high school there. I only saw him maybe once a week because we lived in opposite corners of the city and it was about a 45-60 minute drive, one way, on the expressway.

[@Gale-n5i]

❤Your mom/mum is beautiful!!!❤

[@JohnLaRue-zp2uj]

Amen to that one.

[@tosweet68]

Calm down...lol

[@hardknox1917]

Yeah she is stunning , her face is beauty perfection

[@Moonboy9001]

Yeah super pretty!

[@Renovion]

Wyoming has about 600k people here. It is a tough area, the winters are brutal and the summers have been getting worse. We are friendly people up to a point. When people move here and try to change our state, we can get really unfriendly.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Don't change. My nephew (originally from Michigan) lived there at one time and we were able to drive out to see him. It's beautiful. He became a large animal vet, I think mostly because he always to live out west. He has worked on feedlots and for different vets. Most recently he was working for the USDA in Idaho (which he really couldn't stand) and also was in the national guards. Unfortunately, because of his time in the guards, he has contracted 2 types of cancer and is currently on disability and just trying to stay alive. You sound a lot like him.

[@Renovion]

@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 I am adding him to my prayers 🙏

[@surbon514]

In Vermont this entire paragraph is also true! I would say that although we are not "friendly" and smiley as other Americans, we have mostly kind and helpful people. VT is very introverted...

[@Renovion]

@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 Sorry to hear about the dreadeddddd C word. I really hate that stuff. I will add him to my prayers. I don't have to deal with that, but I am disabled (last 17 years). It really sucks.

[@MaryCast-tq4wx]

I love Wyoming! It is spectacularly beautiful, from the badlands and Devil's Tower, to the Como Quarry, Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. The only downside about Wyoming is that too many people have moved there and are changing it for the worse.

[@jamesnixon1875]

I've driven 132 miles to have lunch at one of my favorite restaurants.

[@Kosmokraton]

I've definitely driven a hundred miles on a whim more than a few times.

[@ronclark9724]

I drive more than 40 miles to buy groceries and fuel my vehicle... Civilization is that far from my ranch...

[@sheldoninexile]

Same

[@katiebeth8343]

Same. I even drive 45 minutes to Canada for my favorite Chinese food 😋

[@MadMurdoc86]

Done That!

[@SheepDogg-ki1gp]

Contributed to the loss of America in the American Revolution. Member of Parliament back then admitted every map he had ever seen showed America smaller than Great Britain. They had no idea of how vast an area they were dealing with.

[@LogicalNiko]

Yes you can understand why the English Monarchy (and originally the French and Spanish) wanted to retain this land so much. But as you point out the main issue is the perception at the time by Parliament was that the North American colonies needed to be less significant in both status and importance vs the homeland. Really the colonies would have quickly eclipsed the UKs population, cultural, and resource needs hundreds of times over in next 100 years. This is in general the exact same situation that caused the fall of the Roman Empire (so it could have dragged the country into shambles having a 'lower status' disconnected population exceeding the main population. Now of course if you look at it in modern government methodology it would work out significantly different. But governments evolved a long way in 250 years.

[@kdrapertrucker]

I had a total shoulder replacement june 3, the drive to the doctor's office, surgical center he used, etc. is 45 minutes away at 70 mph. I was traveling back and forth every 2 weeks for appointments after surgury by myself with one working arm until the last month. It's like a trip to the corner store.

[@Xiphos0311]

America welcomes the Beesleys's anytime you can pop across the pond!

[@Lovesthecrazystories]

As a child, I lived in Rhode Island until I was 10 before moving to Arizona. It was a shock at how long it took to drive across the country as everything was much closer in Rhode Island. I got used to it, though. In fact I had to attend three holiday events in one day. Between picking up family and driving between cities, I drove about 500 miles in 12 hours. I won't do it again, but my concept of distance has drastically changed since childhood.

[@jonv92]

We do 80-90 miles per hour on the highway everyday lol. I recently rode my motorcycle 100 miles just to get lunch.

[@habslover2306]

I live in San Bernardino County. (Congrats to Lost in the Pond for pronouncing it correctly, though his Los Angeles is a bit off). We love the Inland Empire. Within one hour, we can get to the Pacific Ocean, the mountains, or the high or low deserts (different). Speaking of mountains, we have several above 7,000 feet tall. And that's straight up; I live at about 1,500 feet. I have been lucky enough to go several times to England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, as well as the Channel Islands. Both of us have beautiful countries, though vastly different in size. Enjoyed this video, my cousins across the Pond.

[@brandonsimmons1695]

El Paso, TX is closer to the Pacific Ocean than driving across the state to the Louisiana border

[@watchermostcharmed]

O.o

[@jerryfinger8659]

Reno is west of Los angeles and the closest state to Africa is maine.

[@kbrewski1]

​​@jerryfinger8659 I think you'll find that Jacksonville FLA is closer to Dakar, Senegal than Portland Maine is.

[@jerryfinger8659]

@@kbrewski1 you're right.

[@jerryfinger8659]

@kbrewski1 actually, cutler maine to Safi Morocco is closer.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

My Mum and I used to drive to Carmel - 2 1/2 hours each way - for lunch, just on a whim.

[@kbrewski1]

That's pretty stoooopid.

[@nancyr9010]

You don't happen to live in Cambria do you?

[@elischultes6587]

Someone was covering how big America was on a short. “In 45 minutes I can be in Germany or France”. In 45 minutes I can still be in the same county. Addendum: In eastern Montana on US 2 mile marker 666 is almost always stolen. It is still almost 40 miles short of the ND border

[@Anon54387]

There are two adjacent counties here in California (Inyo and I forget the name of the adjacent one) that, put together, are as big as Scotland. California itself is as big as the UK as is true of 10 other states. The USA is as big as Europe, Canada is as big as Europe and Mexico is bigger than France, Spain and Germany combined. The North American continent is a huge place.

[@bookcat123]

In 45 minutes I can reach the store to buy cat food…

[@johncooper4637]

I-10 in Texas spans 880 miles, but the city of Houston has more people than Montana and Wyoming combined!

[@johncooper4637]

@@bookcat123 In 45 minutes I could drive from my house to the Johnson Space Center which is 33 miles one way.

[@shallcarry]

45 minutes? I used to have a car like that.

[@pjschmid2251]

I don’t know how they get away with calling that huge area, the San Bernardino metropolitan area. Most of it is The Mojave desert. Only a small portion of that is inhabited.

[@MrPenguinLife]

I helped my wife shuttle her car to the nearest Jeep dealership for some recall work yesterday, it was a 110 mile round trip from our house in western Louisiana. (there was a local dealership in our town when she bought the car, which stopped being a Jeep dealer last year)

[@Bozemanjustin]

When I was in college, I was living at home, and attending school, she called it was 52 mi from my house each way So Monday through Saturday I was driving about 105 mi round trip. Because I also worked right by my school I would go right to work from school, and I would also work on Saturday so 6 days a week driving 105 me just to go to school and work

[@mbourque]

Houston, Texas is so large that it completely covers the county it's in AND spills over into its neighboring counties...

[@MrBananagrab]

And it's 100% s hole

[@franciet99]

When I lived there, I used to tell people that hadn’t been to Houston, that you could be in Downtown drive (with no traffic) 1 hour in each direction and you would still be in Houston.

[@Lynn-kh5rs]

Granted Houston is massive but you don't have to be huge to be in two counties. It all depends where the county lines are at and shape of the city. I live in a small city but it is long and narrow. Because of this the majority of the county is in one county while a portion of the Western section of the city is in a different county. We're not the only one like this either. I know of at least one city in Ohio that covers two counties. 🙂

[@johncooper4637]

Yes but Jacksonville, Fl is the county and they made Miami Dade a county, too. The problem Houston has is that there are imbedded cities, like Bellaire which is completely surrounded by Houston. I don't know how many times I have driven on streets where there is a sign "Leaving Houston" and a little while later there is another sign "Entering Houston". Use Google Maps and look up Houston, TX, the city limits are crazy. The only reason it goes into other counties is a land grab for more tax revenue.

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

houston is a large city built like a small town and it's a nightmare, lol.

[@REOGURU]

I used to live in Los Angeles, near Beverly Hills and worked just south of LAX by a small commercial airport. On Fridays I used to ride my bike to work, it was only 18 miles away. However, due to the insane traffic, it would take me two (2) hours to ride that distance one way. If I commuted on Fridays using my car, it would take me 2.5 hours, also one way. So it's not just the distance, but the insane amount of traffic!

[@bd4507]

Your comment reminds me of the song, "Walking In L.A." by Missing Persons. This is so true--if you want to get any where in a decent amount of time in the Los Angeles Metro area, you don't walk.

[@lisal6121]

I lived in Beverly Hills and worked in Pasadena. I used the canyons to get to the valley to get on the 134. Benedict canyon mostly. A good day was a 45 minute commute going but coming home definitely over an hour.

[@mrs.sherry]

59 yrs old Born and raised in Texas and I have never seen the other states.

[@drmachinewerke1]

Most do not realize Texas is a country in its own .

[@kindking8009]

I know Texas is plenty big, but WOW you have no idea what you're missing. There is so much beauty in this country, you can't even comprehend.

[@Lil_Yoshi6740_Youtube]

When I was in vacation in the western United States, for one day we drove a little over 7 hours, from Reno, Nevada to Las Vegas, Nevada.

[@jennm3321]

Very important: When you go to Florida, wait until Archie is a little bit older if you plan on going to Walt Disney World, DO NOT try to tour it in one day. Expect to spend a Minimum of 4 days and 3 nights, and to spend quite a lot of money when you do. When I say a lot of money, I mean something in the ballpark of a new luxury car kind of price or more. And do not go in it cold turkey. Do your research well in advance. You'll thank me later. But if you're doing the beaches and other things besides the Orlando area, just plan normally. It's an awesome destination for all ages even without Mickey Mouse.

[@libidinousbear4563]

A brand new luxury car does not cost more than $7,000. It’s not even fucking close.

[@gwgux]

I wouldn't bother with Disney. It's trash now. Go to Universal instead if you're going to go Florida for one of the theme parks.

[@_kyt_]

@@libidinousbear4563 Oh shit are your cars more affordable than ours? I think you're missing a zero.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nah Florida huge insects boring people gators and hurricanes

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

​@@gwguxnah skip Florida

[@marylouwillis7941]

We are snow birds. We drive from Alaska to Arizona with our four cats. We bought a new Honda Pilot 30 March 2023. Sixteen months later we just rolled over 50k miles. My boyfriend was born and raised in Hawaii. I now have him as far east as Jonesboro Arkansas. We drove over 3000 miles just to go to see Bert Kriesher. We have been visiting National Parks. I have found beauty everywhere. Life is too short!!!

[@anitapeludat256]

In Connecticut, it's lovely to drive 3 hours northeast to Maine for a nice Maine Lobster meal. And drive home that evening. Maine lobster is from the very cold Atlantic waters that are extremely cold, which adds the sweetness to the lobster.

[@Lora_Vermont]

I drive 40 mins to go to the mall ,35 to the grocery store. Living in a rural area in Southern Vermont this is the norm for us.

[@markbeiser]

An Irish friend of mine came to visit Texas and had a list of things he wanted to see in the 2 weeks he was here. He looked confused when I told him he didn't have enough time, even if we just drove/flew to each thing on his list, and spent no time there before moving to the next closest thing!🤣

[@robertthomas583]

I live in Boardman, a small town in NE Oregon on the Interstate 84 freeway. Last Friday I drove down to the edge of Portland, I try to avoid Portland itself as much as possible, went up Interstate 205 into Vancouver, Washington, so I was basically in that Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area he had on his map for a short time, then on up Interstate 5 to Olympia, the capitol of Washington, got off the freeway and headed up Highway 101, which loops all around the Washington Peninsula, kind of the NW part of the state, and goes all the way into Southern California, following much of Hood Canal, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, then the Pacific Coast all the way into Southern California. I stopped in a somewhat larger town than here, Sequim in Washington on the Strait, to see my relatives. That's about a 730 mile or slightly less round trip, came back on Sunday to work on Monday. At 67, it's a little harder on me than it used to be, but My GMC pickup is quite comfortable so it's not too bad. I make that 2-3 times per year, probably have to again soon as my mom is not doing well. I used to have to make a 2,400-mile round trip to my son and daughter in law's place south of Denver. Now they have to go to SE Oklahoma because of a job transfer. I hate flying but I may do that instead of driving, haven't figured out the mileage yet. I have also, with several friends, rode a motorcycle to the coast of Alaska, passing through Anchorage which I didn't realize was that spread out, to Homer and Seward. You could see cruise ships come into Seward and just make out whales spouting in the bay. They also have a highly regarded culinary school there, of all places. If you ever watch the show, "The Deadliest Catch," Homer is one place where they put into port. One of my friends was a taxi driver there for quite a while and knew many of the crew members. She was also on an episode of the real reality show, "Alaska: The Last Frontier," about the singer Jewel's family, the Kilchers, as she is a friend of theirs. It's not all that far from Homer. I have not done an Alaska cruise, but those I have talked to loved them. They usually leave from Seattle, so you would see Puget Sound, some of the San Juan Islands, go up the Inside Passage past Vancouver Island and Vancouver, BC. There are also many different ferry rides around Puget Sound and up into the San Juan Islands, some leave from Seattle, some from other cities and towns. If you do come back over, you need to see the Pacific Northwest. We have everything from desert to mountains to lakes, one, Crater Lake, is the deepest in the US. Nearby Pendleton, Oregon has a major rodeo in September. There are various military bases, major airports, museums like the Boeing Museum of Flight near Seattle, LeMay's America's Car Museum near Tacoma, aquariums all over, Portland and Seattle have excellent zoos, all kinds of cool features. I would suggest coming in spring or fall to avoid really hot weather, well over 100 Degrees F at times and the fire seasons.

[@fondasarff9701]

Grew up with my folks driving over 500 miles to visit my grandparents. It was a weekend visit. In my teen years it was 185 miles to a theater with first run movies. So a bit of a drive to see Star Wars.

[@RandyKirk_YouTubeChannel]

Thank you for appreciating the country that I’ve lived in all of my 70 years. I have visited Europe and your beautiful country. London and I enjoyed it very much. I encouraged my students to travel across their country as much as possible because it is so vast and offers so much. Thank you for this video.

[@dreamsofsnow6521]

Greetings from America THE BEESLEYS really enjoy your channel and your Mom is lovely , seems like a classy lady . Cheers from across the pond.

[@CaddyJim]

He said maps don't show actual size that was true with the states he used compared to the UK, he had the number on how much bigger but all of Alaska can cover across the lower 48 of the US

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

It covers just under a quarter of the lower 48.

[@kornbread435]

Now factor in the lack of airports for large areas. I live 500 miles from my mom, and it's faster to drive than use planes when you factor everything in. What pushes it over the edge is the hour it takes for me to get to my airport, and the 2 hour drive from the closest one to her.

[@HotrodDan]

Whenever someone visits the US for the first time, they usually (with good reason, granted) limit their destinations to New York, Los Angeles, or Disney World. (Florida) That's all well and good, but it hardly gives an accurate image of America. I always suggest that subsequent visits include road trips through the Smoky Mountains, the Upper Midwest, (during summer, of course) the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, even lesser-known gems like the Ozarks or the Black Hills. Hit the smaller towns. Have some pie or cobbler in the local cafes. Go to a rodeo. enjoy the County or State Fairs. Go white water rafting or canoeing. Hit the hiking trails. Sample the local breweries. Go to a baseball game. Better yet, attend a fourth of July celebration. As a general rule, you'll find that the people here embrace visitors with open arms. Those places are where you'll find the 'real America'.

[@spriken]

5:56 Actually Yellowstone is in 3 states, Wyoming(mostly), Montana, and Idaho.

[@brianvernon249]

And in that snippet in Idaho has no laws, so murder, extortion, gang hideouts, etc are free to engage. I wish I didn’t know that, so good luck America!

[@redactedredacted4080]

5:27 to give you some truly epic whiplash Wyoming has about 500,000+ people living in it

[@r.a.w.productions162]

So cool to hear acknowledgement my home county of San Bernardino. But: to clarify, the statistical category that is the “San Bernardino-Riverside-Ontario Metropolitan Area” might leave one the impression that the whole red shape on Lawrence’s map is one giant urban sprawl. But in fact the VAST majority of the county’s 2+ million population resides in the extreme southwest corner of that red shape. The rest is comprises a few smaller cities, farm or ranch lands, military ranges and a huge chunk of the Mojave Desert. Much of the drive between LA and Vegas is via SB County, and most of that time out your window you will see naught but endless scrubby desert, purplish mountains, Joshua trees and yucca plants. It is starkly beautiful.

[@rebekah.2187]

We took a road trip and travelled from our home in the Chicago suburbs to Anacortes, Washington, where we caught the ferry to the San Juan Islands. The minivan had a feature that recorded the driving time. So we set it at 0 and headed west. It took us 42 hours of just driving to get there.

[@Ameslan1]

With The Beesleys Channel growing so much in subscribers now 204,000 subscribers (CONGRATULATIONS!), The Beesleys could probably be able to plan one trip to the USA visiting a certain area or region every year! :) Good plan! I would recommend next time when The Beesleys come back, come to one of the Southern States and experience real Southern Hospitality and DELICIOUS Southern food!

[@kindking8009]

Born in North Carolina, raised in Kansas, lived in Arizona and California, and now live in Wisconsin and I miss southern food the most! I'd kill for some ham biscuits with red-eye gravy and some buttery grits right now!

[@Ameslan1]

@@kindking8009 Yep, i was born and raised in Atlanta Georgia.. Both of my parents as well as Grandparents on both sides of my family were born and raised in Natchez Mississippi. So I am very well rich with Southern Heritage with my family.

[@kindking8009]

@@Ameslan1 I'm sure NC food is way different than Mississippi food. My sister married a man from New Orleans and that food is WAY different! Lots of pork in NC and Virginia. Ever heard of a "slaw burger"?

[@Ameslan1]

@@kindking8009 I can certainly agree that the BBQ is different in NC than in Memphis for example.. But there aer lots of overlaps as well.I have heard of putting slaw on hotdogs and pimento cheese on burgers.

[@kindking8009]

@@Ameslan1 In NC they put slaw on burgers and pulled-pork sandwiches or just serve it in a basket beside the pulled pork. Most people mix it together. Can't say I'm a fan of NC sauce, though. Too vinegar-y. I actually prefer Memphis dry rub. Pimento cheese on burgers? Blecchh! Guess you shouldn't knock it til you've tried it. I lived in Kansas in high school and everyone's favorite lunch was chili with homemade cinnamon rolls. Sounds wrong to most people, but it really is good! There are restaurants in Lincoln, NE who put signs in their windows in winter saying "We serve Chili and Cinnamon Rolls"!

[@dlcalbaugh]

It's really a joy to have your Mom on your channel. I enjoy her enthusiasm and love of the USA. I always enjoy Millie's Mom also.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

When I was in college (uni) it was 635 miles from home - an easy eleven hour drive. Didn’t give it a second thought. BTW, it was just one state over. Last time my best friend visited we had lunch together, then she drove home. To San Diego, about nine hours.

[@adamcampbell8794]

I live in Minnesota and we went on a roadtrip to Key West. It took almost 30 hrs of interstate driving, keep in mind that we live in Southern Minnesota almost 7 hrs south of the Canadian border.

[@kylesummers1565]

Yep, it is big. I've been to every contiguous state except Washington (a lot of it for work, but some for visiting relatives). What sucks is that I stood at the Columbia River and could see Washington, but didn't have time to cross the bridge. I've lived for a month or more in Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Maryland, and Wyoming (that I can easily recall). I've camped for a week or more in many others. Peace, Love!!

[@lisanetgark415]

In Washington State they state the number of hours of driving to get to a destination. Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon is about 3 hours. Hours at 70mph instead of how many miles.

[@Bauks]

9:50 Mom says, "Coast to coast hike". "The Triple Crown consists of the Big Three National Scenic Trails: The Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail. Completing the Triple Crown requires about 7,900 miles of hiking through 22 US States." "The Sea-to-Sea Route (C2C) is a 7,800-mile network of existing long-distance hiking trails that spans almost continuously between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the exception of an 800-mile gap in North Dakota and Montana along the Missouri River and a less formidable 30-mile gap in Vermont." And my fav... Andrew Skurka's "Alaska Yukon Expedition" He has a nat geo here .... 'Andrew Skurka: Trekking the Wild North | Nat Geo Live' He does all the trails... Worth a watch.... Mom might fancy that.

[@ninaradio]

Watching videos like this, I’m always struck at how similar your reactions are to the conversations my husband and I (who live in Tennessee, in the Southeast) with his cousin who lives in LA. Their counties are so much bigger than ours, but we have so much more access to nature; we have very different concepts of what constitutes a long drive or trip and for what purpose we’re willing to make that drive; not to mention all the little things about daily life that are different enough you’d think we lived in different nations.

[@ndawgtkd]

Jacksonville native here, I drive 30 miles to work and 30 miles back daily. One thing to keep in mind though is fuel cost, it would be very impractical with the price per liter in Europe / UK, even in a Corvette I'm still only burning 4 USD each way using 93 octane.

[@cjollyrn]

Good lord…how much per gallon is that? I’m in CA, and we’re paying $4.15-$4.50/gal for 87. Freakin taxes…

[@ndawgtkd]

@@cjollyrn It ranges, 93 is usually $4.00 per gallon, 87 you're looking around 3:20 ish average, right this second it is 2.97 for regular.

[@CanisMythson]

There is a reason that the early explorers that found passages to the Pacific are considered literal legends. They walked, forging a path ahead through dangerous and unknown territory, for *years*... Only to find naught there but the road back home again. (I quoted a modern folk song there, titled "Northwest Passage", about a modern person driving cross country and reminiscing about the legendary explorers that had it so hard, and made such a journey so easy in modern times)

[@MrJking065]

We live in South East Georgia on the coast. It takes about 4 or 5 hours depending on traffic to get to Atlanta. We will drive up on one day and drive back the same day to see either The Atlanta Braves Or Atlanta Falcons play. We try to go up the night before. But most of the time people have to get back to work. We are going to North Atlanta this weekend for my grandson basketball recruitment to play basketball in front of College coach's who come to Atlanta from across the nation to recruit. So we will go up Friday afternoon and come back on Sunday afternoon.

[@rg20322]

I live on the NH border with MA and drive up to the Lakes region in NH to visit family every other weekend. It's an 80-mile trip but really is quite enjoyable because of the scenery, forests, mountains, etc.

[@paulettern9913]

Most of us Americans haven’t seen much of America and we have lived here our whole life

[@gwgux]

Fact. It's a real shame too. Seeing different parts of the country can really do a lot of good.

[@1972Ray]

I worked in South Baltimore for 32 years, and 90% of those locals never ever left their neighborhood.

[@whirledpeaz5758]

Moved from Southern Indiana to the Oregon Coast 30 years ago. 5 days of 10 hour/day driving, alone.

[@hughfuller8416]

Your moms lightbulbs are very ocean blue.

[@NYBroncos]

You can tell how much your mom enjoys doing these videos with you.

[@susankirby4607]

When we went to Spain and France on a school trip the guide got mad at the kids because they were not used to walking everywhere. Well we're from central Virginia in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains - we have to drive everywhere. If we're lucky you're only 4-5 miles from the closest store/restaurant - of any kind! There is a reason Americans value their motorized vehicles!! It's a matter of logistics and economics. We can't afford to all live in cities and the country is just too spread out to have the kind of public transportation/trains etc. Europe has. I wish we had more, especially outside of New England, but it's just not feasible.

[@62rowley]

I worked with foreign students for 11 years. They realized how big the US is when you drive for five hours and you’re still in the same state, we’re over where they were from in Europe you could easily go through three countries in the same time.

[@alonespirit9923]

That brings to mind the Virtual Railfan channel here on KZbin which has live camers around the US and several live cameras along BNSF's route from Los Angeles to Chicago, including one near where I live. A number of people from Europe will enter the chat and ask how long the LA to Chicago route is. A little playing in Google maps came up with it being about the same distance as Lisbon, Portugal to Warsaw, Poland.

[@gibsalot]

@@alonespirit9923 the cannon ball run drive from LA to NY is around 200 miles longer or more depending on route taken than the drive from Lisbon, Portugal to Kiev, Ukraine

[@coastdownhills]

While 2 Yanks and a Brit on a bicycle End to End, John O'Groats to Lands End were talking with an English couple touring Scotland, the English told of their home. The American said. "We will be cycling near there." The Brit said, "No, we go nowhere even close." Both were thinking 25 miles. I truth, the Brit was more correct as 25 miles is a long way off course for a bicyclist.

[@CaddyJim]

Wyoming has like 600k people But Alaska 700k people is the most sparsely populated by land size

[@zippyj.r.4486]

The population of Wyoming in the 2020 census was 576,850. The same year, the UK population was 67.1 million.

[@godbluffvdgg]

And Canada is bigger than us...The guys that decided to take over canada, the U.S and South America were smart; The best places on earth.

[@ralphvelthuis2359]

We have a national park in Canada that's 2x the size of Wales, or about the same size as Switzerland. Distances mean nothing in our countries.

[@jmanil]

I live in Los Angeles and I know many people who get off work on a Friday and drive 270 miles to Las Vegas (about 4hrs) 😂. My wife and I used to do this, and we would be home by 5 pm on Sunday.

[@lauraIngleswilder74]

The little planes are the best way to see Alaska and it is safe. Born and raised there.

[@knucklesandwich8458]

Small town guy here. Where I grew up the nearest WalMart was a 45 minute drive, lol! The nearest McDonald's was a 30 minute drive, Starbucks was about an hour. Those were good times!

[@ramblerdave1339]

My sister lives in a town in Utah, that is a hour in every direction from a full size grocery, closest one is in Wyoming ( they can see Wyoming from their back yard).

[@rhondaw2967]

Lost in the Pond is brilliant, and y'all are adorable. I love these videos.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

It's okay nothing special

[@lodrbyroni]

I used to drive from my home in Orlando FL to my parents in Greenville, South Carolina, leave at 10 pm so I could make there by breakfast around 8 am.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

You don’t want to go to Florida. There is a very good reason why “Florida Man” is a meme.

[@Americanp8riot83]

And what state might you be from?

[@jgregorovic]

I live in Florida and thinks it's wonderful, Moved here 3 years ago, and wish I had moved sooner.

[@kindking8009]

My sister had a house on the beach in Destin. She loved it as long as she stuck close to home, but hated it if she had to venture more than 5 miles inland.

[@manxkin]

A couple of years ago we drove from Chicago to Salt Lake City Utah in two days. 1,400 miles. A week later we drove back to Chicago. That was a great road trip. 1,400 miles each way.

[@bassage13]

When I was a kid growing up in Texas, we drove to New York every summer to visit family. It was about 3 days of driving each way. 1900 miles there, 1900 miles back.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

To drive from Mid-Michigan to the Upper Peninsula is about a 5 hour drive, depending on construction. But it is worth the drive.

[@MadMurdoc86]

Add another 3 or 4 if you are rolling up past Hancock. 🙂 It is a solid 11 hours from downstate to the Keweenaw.

[@FJA---]

We used to drive from Lincoln to Omaha (50 miles) just for lunch. Worked a job that I lived in hotels/motels basically year round. Anything about 100 miles or less each way meant you’d drive back and forth each day. Worked in KC, MO (about 250 miles), Denver (about 500 miles), Gillette, WY (about 750 miles), all those numbers are each way. The state of Nebraska is about 450 miles across, bigger than a lot of countries.

[@ruthhibbett595]

Wyoming is full of ranches and fast ones at that. They take up a lot of land.

[@Fabulist]

If you walked from the edge of Manhattan in NYC where you can see the Statue of Liberty to Muscle Beach in Los Angeles, it would take you 1,017 hours. That’s 2,794 miles (4,496.5 km) If you walked 12 hours a day, it would take you just under 85 days to traverse it. If you want to really go for it, from the lighthouse in Lubec, Maine, to the lighthouse at Cabrillo Nat’l Monument in San Diego, California, is 3,254 miles, or 1,183 hours walking. (98.6 days.) But the furthest distance to walk across the continental US is from Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West, Florida, to Cape Flattery, Washington, which is 3,513 miles, or 1,233 hours. (102.75 days.)

[@raywhiten3064]

The drive from Brighton to Inverness is about 11 hours, which is about an hour less than the drive to my in-laws (Pennsylvania to NC), and we do that twice a year. The trip to the town where I grew up is about the same as London to Manchester, and we've day tripped that. I've driven London to Inverness, but we broke it up with stops in Warwickshire, Leeds and Edinburgh. Next time I'm there I'm thinking of driving to Cardiff. We don't have trains most places, so we road trip or fly.

[@FloridaManRacer]

In 2018, my family and I moved from Upstate NY to Central Florida. It was just under 1,200 miles and 3 days worth of driving (my parents are older and didn't want to do 12 hour days of driving to shorten it up) My family also did a cross country vacation in 2014 to Las Vegas. To drive from Syracuse NY to Las Vegas on Interstate 80 is 2,501 miles... and to give you an idea of the size of NY itself as a state, I was in Watertown NY along the NY Canada border when my boss called me and told me I had to drive to NYC to pick up some clothing apparel for his store. Yes, this actually happened. Mind you this is NOT the farthest possible distance north to south you can go in the state (Massena to NYC would be) but it was a 313 mile drive down the NYS Thruway. It was 267 miles back to Syracuse NY where the stuff got dropped off... It took 6-7hours worth of driving...

[@pumpkinoliveros4147]

Alaska is a must. I'm in Michigan, and in 2 days, I'll be in Alaska. I'm so excited to visit another part of our country and I don't need a passport to go visit such a beautiful state.

[@cathyvickers9063]

Bryce Canyon is my favorite national park! The rock formations are so intricate!

[@jennifermccrary1570]

I grew up in San Bernardino County. It's big. Now I live over 600 miles north of there, and drive back to see family several times a year- usually over the course of a 4 day weekend.

[@chickensandwich8808]

I'm half Irish(Dad is from Cork) but we live in the states. My extended family on that side who are all still in Ireland are so funny when they come to visit because everything feels SO huge to them. but admittedly, I enjoy going over there because what they consider a "day trip" I think of as just a bit of a drive. To give an idea, I regularly(once a month) travel between my home city and Washington DC. It's roughly 108mi(178Km) and ranges in a drive time of 2h 10m to 2h 45m. To me I have gotten so used to that drive that I don't really mind it. Meanwhile in Ireland a drive from the suburb my family lives in Cork all the way to Galway is roughly the same distance. Funny thing is, even though the drive itself really isn't any different, it always FEELS different to me at first, but then my frame of mind for a long drive respectively, is 6 to 8 hours. So when we arrive in Galway 2 hours after setting off I think "oh... that wasn't so bad" and my cousins think I'm nuts. lol

[@Supranforever]

Funny enough, I'm in Tennessee, I travel from Knoxville to Johnson city, (105) miles just to grab lunch at our favorite restaurant 2-3 times a month, BOTH cities are still in EAST Tennessee and really just up in the corner near the mountains. We as a people really forget about stuff like this sometimes because on the map everything looks so small.

[@DarylVogel]

I live in Las Vegas and it is about 40 km by 40 km, you can easily live 15 km from the center of town in all directions...

[@kurtsnyder4752]

2:44 Maybe have to have a kit with those British cars that are rather finicky about travelling any substantial distance, or so I am led to believe the stuff about them from the 1950s to the end of the 90s.

[@rileychadwell5635]

When I first attempted to drive through the California Inland Empire to the seashore in Los Angeles, all I kept hearing in my mind was that music used in Star Trek, The Motion Picture for exploring across the vast expanse of "Vyger"...