Re: Ah, Provo
"True enough. Just three states between Illinois and Utah. And these days it is all super-slab (I-80). However, distances are a trifle longer than most folks in Blighty are used to ... call it 1250 miles, give or take."
But they had travelled a few 1000 miles to a foreign land as missionaries to convert the "heathens" here in the UK. I've heard you still have non-grounded aircraft in the USA and don't rely solely on UK (European) planes to travel abroad :-)