[Cialug] San Francisco in November

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

For what it's worth, i drove from Des Moines, IA to Seattle, WA last 
October. I think it took me about 46 hours of wall clock time to get 
there, including frequent breaks from driving and a couple nights of 
poor-quality sleep. The return trip was a similar amount of time. Flying 
would have obviously been faster. The cost of gas and food for the road 
trip was also much higher (maybe about 50%?) than the cost of a round-
trip plane ticket. (I knew this going into it though and chose to drive 
anyway for the experience of making such a journey.)

On 2014-08-29 at 13:43:32 kristau wrote:
> 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. . .
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