I have not flown since February of 2020. Just a few short weeks ahead of the United States being shut-down for COVID.
I have no plans to use an airplane for at least the rest of this year, if not 2022. I do not feel safe traveling that way and people who do not have the same feelings as I do (masking, 6 feet apart, keeping public areas clean, etc...) seem to gravitate to flying, because it is fast and currently cheap.
I also am not a fan of taking a bus and many times AMTRAK uses busses to get people to places the train does not go to. On my first trip away from home (post COVID shots), I took the AMTRAK Southwest Chief to Chicago, IL. I had 2 choices, The AMTRAK Lakeshore Limited to Toledo with an arrival at 3AM (then a bus to Ann Arbor, MI that left 4 hours later). That did not seem like a good idea to me and so we got a hotel room in downtown Chicago and then took the Wolverine (Michigan Service) the next day to Ann Arbor.
It was coach car style seating, but only 2 to a row and so, with masks, I did feel safe, or safer than a full airplane would be. I want to stress that you need to be aware of what you are booking, when you book a trip by train. Click the details tab for the choice you are about to book. I will discuss more on booking, another day.
FYI: This photo is taken from the back car of the Wolverine, looking toward Chicago.
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