Cross-Country Trip

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

Again, like most prompts, we need a little definition here. I live in Western Pennsylvania so if the question is to be taken literally going across the United States, then there is only one answer, airplane. Since my daughter’s family lives in San Diego, I do this all the time. Am I going to bike to San Diego? Let me get my ass pads while I think about it. The other 3 modes would take days to get there and back. The other modes not only would take a lot longer they would not be significantly cheaper. Maybe the prompt is using the word country as implying the countryside. We are considering taking a trip along the countryside, some finite distance away. Maybe something that would take about a 5 hour drive to get to. For me, I would drive my car. I can think of no circumstances where I would take a train or bus, if I was going on my own. I would not rule out a bus if it was tied into a group tour. I would never take a train. The train vacations that I have looked into are pretty damn expensive. As far as a bike is concerned I usually drive somewhere, to a trail and ride a bike. I would never think of leaving my house and using my bike to get to a destination. I would be concerned about being run over by a car. Quite frankly I will be glad when baseball season starts and I will be writing about the Pirates almost everyday. By the way did I mention that I will be biking to Italy in September.