You live 1 hour away from SFO but 4 hours away from SAC? SFO is two hours away from SAC. How is that possible? Maybe it's 3 hours away if there is traffic.
I realize that this was inconvenient and a big hassle, so I don't want to make light of it, but something seems off with the geography.
No, the travel time to and from SMF doesn't total eight hours. But there is overhead involved in making long trips that isn't necessary for short trips.
- You need to allow for a wider margin of error in predicting travel times, which means leaving earlier than strictly necessary. But leaving early doesn't mean getting back early; you have to wait for the plane to debark.
- This trip was long enough to be more demanding than an electric car could handle, requiring 30 minutes of time spent parked and charging the car.
- More time was wasted waiting for the luggage to show up; we were not informed that it hadn't been sent.
I realize that this was inconvenient and a big hassle, so I don't want to make light of it, but something seems off with the geography.