Liveaboard

I know that it's not practical, even if I could afford it. But there is something about being able to fly somewhere, land, drop the anchor, hang out, maybe fish for supper and then fly somewhere else. It might get tiresome - one day - maybe. But there's nothing to say that you couldn't land the beast, taxi it and leave it in a tie-down while you went and did something else for a while.

You could turn something like this (above) into a hotel. Five lakes in three days - something like that? Add a chef, a stocked galley and serving wenches and it might have some appeal?

Or you could live aboard a boat and let the wind push you (which happens in an aircraft too, of course).

But you can't switch bodies of water easily, and you can't pull up the anchor and fly before the wind as efficiently as you can in a sea plane.

I've heard it often said, and I think correctly, that the journey is every bit as important as the destination.

It's true of life, because a six foot drop and a mouth full of dirt is not as appealing as sailing to Bora Bora on a 50' ketch (with a stocked galley, a chef, serving wenches, etc).

There is a theme going here. Sailing before the wind or flying over the weather, it's all about the experience.