VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL 8.0 NOV 5-6

[Scott Stevens]

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:10:17 -0700 (PDT)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 07 September 2005 09:18, Jules Richardson wrote:
> > > Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > > >  \__/|     * VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL 8.0 *     |
> > > >
> > > >      |            NOVEMBER 5-6, 2005             |
> > > >      |          COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM          |
> > > >      |         MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA         |
> > >
> > > Hmm, how far is California from deepest Minnesota? I'll still be
> > > in the right country then at least ;-) Could well be road trip
> > > time...
> >
> > Google says 2300mi from Hibbing, MN to Mountain View.  Plane tickets
> > would be a 'better idea'.  At 30mpg and $3/gal, that's $230 each way
> > for gas alone.
> 
> I don't want to discourage Jules from trying, but any plane trip out
> of MN is going to cost at least as much as driving (jet fuel prices
> are going through the roof).  The trade-off is (if by plane) you get
> there faster or, (if by car) you get to see a lot of America.
> 
> I wish the airline industry in the States would finally just collapse
> and then rebuild itself into something more viable.  I'm trying to get
> a flight to Vienna and prices are all over the place...above $2,000!
> Ridiculous.  I had an opportunity to get a flight for under $750
> yesterday and got distratcted.  When I came back to do it again today
> it's now under$800 but with a 14 hour stopover in Madrid.  It would be
> fine if it was during the day but it would be at night, I'd have to
> get a hotel, the Euro kills the dollar (Hans, I am drinking heartily
> from the Euro mug), and I just don't have time (as much as I'd love to
> walk around Madrid for the 8 hours or so I would be afforded after
> sleep).
> 

Or you could take Amtrack across to Seattle (or hop a freight, although
it's been years since I knew anybody who hopped a freight to Seattle. 
You probably still jump on at the rail yards in Fridley if that's your
plan) and bus down from there.