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unavoidedcrisis) wrote2010-03-14 12:41 am
unavoidedcrisis) wrote2010-03-14 12:41 am
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Size Counts!!
Okay. Weird thing.
Not weird, I guess, just, hrm. Something I never really thought of before.
Someone in one of my communities was inviting people to a meet up of sorts somewhere in the northern-ish parts of England (idk my UK geography very well) and people were saying things like 'yay I will be there' or 'alas, I cannot make it' &c&c because that is normally happens.
But then I started thinking about like... where this is all going down. I found myself a labeled map and checked out some cities in England and decided to see how long it would take to like, cross the island.
Guys. Google Maps gives me the rough estimate of a trip starting in Plymouth, UK, stopping in Ipswich, UK and ending in Aberdeen, UK at just under 16 hours. THAT'S ACROSS ONE COUNTRY, ALL THE WAY UP AND INTO THE NEXT.
LET'S LOOK AT A MAP.
Significant trip, yes?
Okay, now if my mother left her house now in Whitby, ON, drove up to mine to get me and Katie in North Bay, ON and then we continued on to my uncle's place just out of Thunder Bay, ON (all in one province, not crossing any borders), IT'S ESTIMATED THAT WOULD TAKE ONE HOUR MORE THAN THE FIRST TRIP.
Shorter to drive across an entire country than to go visit my uncle and his hot tub.
LET'S SEE THAT MAP NOW.
Sure, the maps are not on the same scale, BUT YOU CATCH MY DRIFT, RIGHT?
tl;dr!! I'm exhausted and realizing Canada is huge. Also, what's up, UK, I could road trip the hell out of you.
Not weird, I guess, just, hrm. Something I never really thought of before.
Someone in one of my communities was inviting people to a meet up of sorts somewhere in the northern-ish parts of England (idk my UK geography very well) and people were saying things like 'yay I will be there' or 'alas, I cannot make it' &c&c because that is normally happens.
But then I started thinking about like... where this is all going down. I found myself a labeled map and checked out some cities in England and decided to see how long it would take to like, cross the island.
Guys. Google Maps gives me the rough estimate of a trip starting in Plymouth, UK, stopping in Ipswich, UK and ending in Aberdeen, UK at just under 16 hours. THAT'S ACROSS ONE COUNTRY, ALL THE WAY UP AND INTO THE NEXT.
LET'S LOOK AT A MAP.
Significant trip, yes?
Okay, now if my mother left her house now in Whitby, ON, drove up to mine to get me and Katie in North Bay, ON and then we continued on to my uncle's place just out of Thunder Bay, ON (all in one province, not crossing any borders), IT'S ESTIMATED THAT WOULD TAKE ONE HOUR MORE THAN THE FIRST TRIP.
Shorter to drive across an entire country than to go visit my uncle and his hot tub.
LET'S SEE THAT MAP NOW.
Sure, the maps are not on the same scale, BUT YOU CATCH MY DRIFT, RIGHT?
tl;dr!! I'm exhausted and realizing Canada is huge. Also, what's up, UK, I could road trip the hell out of you.
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And it never feels bigger than when you're trapped in a hot vehicle with your entire family on a 'road trip'.
It's a miracle my Dad didn't drive us off a cliff like a pack of lemmings.
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PS: I'm imagining the computer games Lemmings now and it's funny.