Typhoon Traveled a great deal for work, now I don't care if I never go anywhere unless I can drive. Going to Germany and Switzerland next month with my son. Not looking forward to the airport crap but hotels don't bother me as much as the travel part.
Good luck.
I used to travel a bit in the Andersen days plus a few for pleasure trips. I plan on a couple of trips when I retire, but I'm not a fan of traveling a lot.
It's about the same way I feel about camping...PITA.
I love to see new places and get away, 
but I FUCKING HATE AIR TRAVEL 
The older I get the more I hate going anywhere. About 30 miles is my limit now to Costco. 
I just hate being away from the house. I have no bucket list of places to go. If someone were to take me free of charge to play Pebble Beach, Iād refuseā¦. Too much of a pain in the ass. Just leave me alone. I pretty much stay within a 2 hour driving radius and hate overnight stays.
My brothers wedding, Iām hoping they cancel it. He only wants the presents. Heās been married before and lives with this one now. Why botherā¦ oh yeah, because he wants people to give him money.
Traveling is a pain, and I used to feel like you do, but I have come around to minimizing it in my mind and appreciation the good parts of travel more.
Two consecutive Octobers I have flown to Missouri to play golf at the Big Cedar courses. Totally worth it. I would fly to California tomorrow if I could play Pebble Beach again.
In 2022 I went to italy, in 2023 to Japan, and in 2024 to Italy again. Yes, the travel was brutal, especially to Japan, but these were experiences that can't be taken away from me, and I am glad that I took the opportunities.
There were places I wanted to go, but time has passed, and I have little interest anymore. My niece got married down in Atlanta several years ago, my wife and I flew down that morning, came back the next morning. It was enough. Don't really want to go anywhere now. I'd really rather stay home.
Iām pretty indifferent to travel. I like to travel, but the experience isnāt really worth the cost for me. If I were wealthy I would do quite a bit, but never attained success to that level.
The āvacation ā we have coming upā¦ I donāt want to leave the dogs. Weāre never away from them and now that there are only 2 of them I worry. When I get home Iāll have to work immediately, have the pool to open and the grass will be a foot long. The wedding weāll have to go to I just found out after we land I have to drive 4 fucking hours
. As Iāve said before, I wish I was invisible
Gotta agree that some places are worth the pain of air travel. We got to see Italy just before COVID hit. 10 days touring the country. I'll never forget it. I'd like to see more of Europe, but am more inclined to take Caribbean cruises.
P.S. if someone was to treat me to Pebble Beach, I'd ride a bicycle to California.
sdandrea1 P.S. if someone was to treat me to Pebble Beach, I'd ride a bicycle to California.
I would probably treat that the same way I treated an invite to play Oakmont - I wouldn't feel comfortable playing the course because I feel I'm not good enough to play it and would be a nervous wreck and afraid I would damage something, like a green. It wouldn't be a good time for me. I would rather just walk around the course and talk about the history of the course with one of the staff and have lunch on the veranda - and that's what we did...
Depends on where. Thereās still some pretty cool places Iād like to see, both here in the states and internationally. But itās not necessarily a vacation if youāre walking 10 miles a day and bored out of your mind. Thatās why it depends on where.
I find the word āvacationā as a bit of a misnomer.
sdandrea1 We got to see Italy just before COVID hit. 10 days touring the country.
I've been to Italy twice, the second time just before Covid and the first time in 2016 when I rented a car for 10 days. Started in Rome and drove over 2000km as far as Pompei to the south and up to Trento in the north near the Austrian border, and numerous cities in between. It was a blast!
raggmann54 ya know, that's a great idea. I'd love to be able to play some of the historic courses with someone who really knows the history and can tell me about the course, hole by hole as we play. I wouldn't care if it took all day, and we let 10 groups play through. THAT would be a fantastic experience!
BTW, raggmann, I really doubt that you are able to damage a green to the point that it can't be repaired fairly easily. I say that as I don't believe that you are the type to spin your dirt bike's rear wheel on the green and let the knobby throw dirt, and grass around.
I've told the guy that runs my little course that I was worried I would screw something up with one of the mowers. His response was, grass grows back, no worries.
Just be gentle and enjoy the time when you get that kinda offer again.
