I don’t mind driving as long as I make the drive part of the trip. We drove to Wyoming the last two years, which takes three days. We stopped early which allowed us time to get a bike ride in and check out the local area we were in. Same on the return trip. This year we are flying to Colorado then driving.
Back in the early 80’s when I worked construction, I worked out of town most of the time. I would get home around 5pm on Friday. Our paycheck from the previous week would come in the mail on Friday. We would go to the bank and wait in line to deposit my pay and do any other banking we needed to do. That bank stayed open til 9 pm on Friday.