Ditch The Airlines-Take a Road Trip

 Airlines get you places faster. That used to be the main benefit. You could watch movies, eat lunch and travel like some sort of modern potentate to your destination. Now flying is more of a cattle call where you're jammed into ever tighter seats, denied food or water and forced to wear a mask. It's like being evacuated from the contaminated zone only YOU have to pay.

So let me make a suggestion. Take a page out of days gone by and take a road trip. Get online or even get out a MAP and go someplace. If you're locked in some Socialist Democrat gulag, visit a free state near you. Camp! Swim! Fish! Go to a lake, fly a kite, go to a beach. Just the past weekend my husband and I drove to Port Aransas. Port A is a long time haunt for us. Port A was also slammed by Hurricane Harvey and since that time has been working hard to recover. New places are opening, and the older ones are being or have been renovated. It's a good time to go. The water is still pretty cold, but the waves are great. 

We traveled the usual non-highway route. First we go from DFW to West where it's a required stop fo kolaches. Then we drove, bypassing the nightmare that is Liberal NIMBY Austin, to go to Lockhart-the BBQ of Texas and the World. This time we ate at Black's, next time we'll go to Kreuz'. Great BBQ and sides. Then we passed through Luling-the Watermelon Capital-which has a great market. We went to Port A via the ferry. Fun fact: Padre Island is the longest barrier island in the world. The beaches were great. I had shrimp and tilapia and brought back shrimp and snapper for grilling later.

On the way back we stopped and talked to people. We visited the Best Little Gunshop in Goliad where you can also find the final resting place of Colonel Fannin and his men from the massacre by the Mexican troops. There's also an old old old church which is the remains of the fort. The guys in the gunshop were HILARIOUS and had some interesting observations on current issues. We also talked to people in Port A, Aransas Pass, Georgetown, Goliad, San Saba, West, Waco and once you get outside the big cities a few things become clear.

First, people are generally skeptical about everything coming from Washington and even from state capitols.Secondly, mask rules become suggestions the farther away you get from cities. Third, fewer people pay any attention to national news. In fact a few people pointed out that although they might comply to keep a job, nobody believed any of the blather coming from House Biden. 

That's my advice. Ditch the plane which bypasses Real America and Real Americans and go someplace real. Talk to the locals. Live a normal life for a week and remember when EVERY day was like that. Maybe then you'll return willing to fight back against the Democrat Socialists who want to control every aspect of your life.