On straight drive road trips from Washington State to California in my late teens to early twenty’s, driving 80 vs 60 had a huge effect in my mind. 16 hours at 60mph vs 12hrs at 80mph seemed like a lot. Even counting the half hour I lost getting a ticket I got going 80 in a 60 in weed, , I swear to this day I still see lots of speed traps there.

Where as a 12 minute drive around my hometown didn’t mean much to me compared to a 16 minute one.

Maybe that’s because I’m one of those people who has a hard time counting how I spend my minutes in a day, and I generally count in hours.

Though now that I’m older the idea of a road trip to California taking several days sounds more appealing than speeding through the night. Though maybe that’s because I’m no longer working my highschool $6.50/hour job, and stopping lots for food and hotels doesn’t sound like going broke.