Back from Phoenix
Aug. 5th, 2025 08:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerLast night I got back from my same-day, out-and-back trip to Phoenix. I walked through my front door at 9:50pm, just slightly ahead of schedule.
All in all it wasn't bad, as far as the traveling part of trips goes. The "bungee jump" style of same-day trips certainly isn't easy, particularly with Phoenix, which entails 60-90 minutes more round-trip travel time than, say, Los Angeles or Orange County; but it also wasn't quite like running a marathon.
I attribute that to me being able to catch a 9:00am departing flight. That allowed for getting up at the mostly civilized hour of 6:15. If I'd had to catch a 6:30am departure, say to be in Phoenix in time for an 11am meeting, I'd have had to get up at 4am or even earlier. That's exactly what I've got planned in two weeks.... So maybe I'll switch that Monday morning oh-dark-thirty wakeup for a Sunday evening flight and stay in a hotel.
All in all it wasn't bad, as far as the traveling part of trips goes. The "bungee jump" style of same-day trips certainly isn't easy, particularly with Phoenix, which entails 60-90 minutes more round-trip travel time than, say, Los Angeles or Orange County; but it also wasn't quite like running a marathon.
I attribute that to me being able to catch a 9:00am departing flight. That allowed for getting up at the mostly civilized hour of 6:15. If I'd had to catch a 6:30am departure, say to be in Phoenix in time for an 11am meeting, I'd have had to get up at 4am or even earlier. That's exactly what I've got planned in two weeks.... So maybe I'll switch that Monday morning oh-dark-thirty wakeup for a Sunday evening flight and stay in a hotel.
