We Played Connect 4 by Travelling to Actual US States

I don’t understand why you guys didn’t just drive the whole thing. Less time lost at airports. Get a rental car at O’Hare. Drive the 4.5 hours or so to Des Moines, and arrive about 9:45. Claim Iowa. Leave Des Moines about 10:45, and drive the 2.75 hours to Lincoln. Arrive in Lincoln about 13:30. Claim Nebraska. Leave Lincoln about 14:30, and drive the 3 hours to Topeka. Arrive in Topeka about 17:30. Claim Kansas. Leave Topeka about 18:30, and start driving the 4 hours to Oklahoma City (stay overnight somewhere south of Wichita). Next morning, arrive in OKC. Claim Oklahoma. Have it all done before noon on the second day. Or am I missing something?????