Even when out on the outskirts of town I’ll try to catch the local bus or light rail into town and just see where I end up. A park or local shops and restaurants. Either way, I’m outside and walking and exercising. I do this job because I like seeing places, so I make a point of it. My kit bag turns into a handy backpack, so if I end up somewhere I can take a nice hike, I’m prepared.


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Spending your free time doing something you don't actually want, to try to please an ******* HR department is a sucky way to live. Do something you enjoy that you can spin favorably.

I got into this job because I used to like seeing places, but being on the road 25 days a month has pretty much killed any enjoyment I got out of travel. How do you keep it fun? It’s rare I have time to go further than the immediate vicinity of our hotels and usually they’re not by anything interesting.

Yup, totally agree.

Geocaching is a good way to turn boring places into not-so-boring places. Most hotels have at least a couple of caches nearby, and difficulty ranges from "that was easy" to "where the **** is that thing." All that you need to start is a phone and the app.

Pokemon go is surprisingly diverting, especially if you have a kid/nephew/etc who’s also into it

Oh good idea! I used to be into geocaching way back in the day (when you had to use a stand-alone GPS and print off the directions and clues ahead of time).

You can still do it the same way! A standalone GPS usually gets you better coordinates than a phone GPS anyway.

Check into your room, put your stuff away, sit on bed worrying about your debt/income ratio, if UA will ever call back and if Jimmy Johns is still open. (It never is) Call the wife who isn't that interested where you are and say goodnight. Then turn the TV on doze off to a rerun of ice road truckers until you remember you forgot to plug in your ipad. Get up and do that, but now you're not tired anymore. Show time in 4 hours. Rinse and repeat.

That goes for me too. Updating my Big Six apps on my regional EFB is one of my guilty pleasures on the road 😁