Nice post. This will be the last year I'll do a driving vacation. My wife and I usually go for weekend trips by car; I'm the one who drives so it's no vacation for me. This Labor Day weekend we're going to Newport Beach area by car again. I checked-out the Amtrak schedule and we could have used it but my wife says that riding the train will make her motion sick, and the car doesn't? Go figure. Next year I won't drive, anywhere. It will be interesting to see how she figures-out the holiday travel details. We'll either be riding Amtrak or she'll be doing the driving.