ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A STAYCATION

Happy almost summer. My most favorite season. One thing I tried to do every summer was some type of road trip. Up the coast, down old Rte. 66, over the 15 to Vegas. Well thanks to the Arabs and the oil companies I think this year I'll just have what I'm calling a Staycation. I'm just staying home.
It seems like everything has just piled up to make a vacation of any type just to hard and expensive to do. Drive you car? Forget it. The news is saying gas could be five or six bucks a gallon this summer. Then you have traffic when you do fill up and hit the road. I don't know how many non-readers read this but if you live in the So Cal area and try to drive to Las Vegas or Laughlin you'll average about 40mph. That means a three or four hour drive through the desert could take you five or six hours. Six hours of stop and go driving does not make me think I'm having a good time. Plus I'll be going slow enough for the CHP to see if I have my seat belt on or not. I know, I know. Seat belts are good. Seat belts save lives. But I'm not a big fan of government telling us what to do if what we're doing doesn't hurt anyone else. If I'm involved in a car crash and decide I want to fly through the windshield then that should be my right.
How about flying there then? How about paying fifteen bucks minimum for every bag you want to bring with you? How about paying a much higher price for your ticket? How about standing in front of a machine at security that makes you look naked? Even if you do make it to the plane for your flight forget about the free peanuts (I guess those little bags of nuts would bankrupt the airlines).
No dear travelers my vacation travel will be going from my wide screen TV to the Bar-b-Que in the back yard. I'll keep enough exotic drinks close to blender so I can close my eyes and pretend I'm in some far off location. I'll keep Halo 3 warmed up on the old X-box so I can explore strange new sights.
All this and I'll never move the car from the driveway. Cheers.