So, I was looking at booking a flight to Nanaimo the other week... and then booking a return flight out of Vancouver, because I want to spend the weekend there. So I need to get from Nanaimo to Vancouver. Air Canada has a $148 flight (that doesn't include taxes). Greyhound has a bus but there are no fares on the website and the schedule isn't convenient... Which leaves me with the other alternative... I could walk onto the ferry as a pedestrian ($13.75) and then catch the Vancouver transit bus in Horseshoe Bay... $3.75... That's... $17.50 I think... Hmmm... that seems like a no-brainer! Yes, the plane is quicker but when you think about needing to be at the airport 1 hour ahead of time, plus the flight (20 minutes) and then waiting for luggage (another 20 minutes), and then catching the Canada Line to downtown Vancouver (30 min)... well that's almost 2 hours already! And a lot of it rushing around... Whereas if I take the ferry, I can sit and enjoy the ferry ride and write or read... and the same on the bus...
I'm finding that travel time is precious time... time for me... time where I can read or write and just enjoy the journey... I know that some people get frustrated at having to wait for buses or planes or trains... but I'm kind of liking that time at the airport or on the bus or on the ferry... Time where I can just be and relax... I suppose it's the way I'm holding that time... If I have a 4 hour layover in Edmonton, I can grump about it... or I can enjoy it... Both options are open to me... and both are because of the way I think about them... my choice...
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