[quote]Three hours is nothing.[/quote]When you don't need express written permission to travel outside the local area, which is a tiny county, when you can leave Friday night after work instead of having to wait until 0600 the next morning to leave, and certainly not when you can spend more than 20 hours with them before having to drive back in time for formation. [quote]I didn't know you lived in Texas. Where? Or... near where?[/quote]Stationed at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, going to JBSA Lackland in a few months, so the long distance will get much easier.