This guy surely loves driving a lot!

How would it be if I told you that your daily commute to office is just 300 kms oneway? A round trip of 600 kms to office and back home? Wouldn't you get psyched out at the mere thought of it? I would, despite the fact that I love driving a lot.

Somehow, David Givens does not think so. He won a $10,000 award for "America's Longest Commute" contest. Read the page below served by topix.net.

Longest commute? 186 miles to San Jose

Excerpts...
// For two years, a keen desire to get home to his wife and their 7½-acre ranch has prompted the 46-year-old electrical engineer to commute every workday, from the Sierra through the Central Valley to the Bay Area alternating over Pacheco Pass or the Altamont Pass, depending on traffic.

That's 3½ hours one way, a decent trade-off, insists Givens, for living the outdoor lifestyle he and his wife relish in the pristine mountains of Mariposa County.

'It's actually exhilarating,' Givens said of his journey, likening it to TV commercials 'driving a fancy car down Highway 1 with the top down. I enjoy taking the curves. It feels like I'm a professional driver going down a closed course.' //

With that kind of a scenic drive, a great car to beat that distance, a strong urge to be home with wife and enjoy a ranch life, I would still have second thoughts. I would probably look for a Virtual Office setting than drive up and down each day.