[Cialug] San Francisco in November

[David Champion]

Some friends did a winter road trip across the Rockies in sports cars with
summer extreme tires, on their way to a convention in CA. I think they came
to the conclusion that this was not the best plan.

-dc


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Matt Stanton <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:

> I would suggest that while it may be cheaper and quicker to take a plane
> for a long trip, sometimes you just want to hit the road and make a longer
> trip out of it.
>
> I would also suggest that winter in the Rockies is not the time to choose
> for a road trip.
>
> -- Matt (N0BOX)
>
> Sent from my ASUS Transformer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kristau <kristau at gmail.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 1:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] San Francisco in November
>
> Didn't the Mythbusters do a segment on this recently? They tested the
> "myth" that any trip under 400 miles would be quicker by car. I believe
> they confirmed it. That means anything over 400 miles will be faster by
> plane. I fully realize that faster doesn't mean cheaper, but it may be
> worth doing the math to compare on a trip from MN to CA. . .
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Anthony Jeffries <
> ajeffri at angrywithunicorns.org> wrote:
>
> > I second this. Fly or take Amtrak. Driving across the Rockies (even going
> > through AZ and NM) at that time of year can be difficult. I had to do
> > almost the exact same trip and got delayed *twice* by snowstorms, and
> even
> > when we could drive it was often slow and treacherous. Fortunately, my
> > employer was flexible about vacation time.
> >
> >
> > On 8/29/14 10:22 AM, Aaron Porter wrote:
> >
> >> You're probably better off flying. Having done the drive a couple of
> >> times.
> >> Fares into San Jose don't look too horrible from MSP.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>  There's a meeting:
> >>>
> >>> https://www.meetbsd.com/
> >>>
> >>> out in San Francisco that I'm interested in.  I would provide
> >>> a vehicle and expect you to pay for 3/4 of the gas and help
> >>> drive.  If you are interested, please let me know.  I live in
> >>> St. Paul, Minnesota, but could drive through Iowa and pick
> >>> you up somewhere.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Brian
> >>> Ebenezer Enterprises - So far G-d has helped us.
> >>> http://webEbenezer.net
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