Road trip!

[jsbowden]

So, who's coming in April?

The weekend of the 13th was, I believe, what people stated worked the best.

And hey, PARADE! You just have to share the view with a couple hundred thousand of your closest buddies. But there will be cherry blossoms. It shall be pretty.

I realize this is five months away, but melallen is telling me that really, it's just around the corner. Like, tomorrow even.

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

I get to play the role of the prince_corwin or desdenova, and show up but not have to stay over, as I live in the area. Yay.

But I'll be there for a lot of the weekend.

[melallen.livejournal.com]

Hello! For those of us planning on making a mini vacation out of this, we are like 6 months behind on our planning. Because dude, who goes on vacation with only three months notice?

[thette.livejournal.com]

It looks doable for the three of us. I think I'll need to actually start working before I ask for time off, but a week in April (that's not Easter or anything) shouldn't be difficult to get. Tickets are reasonably priced, and we can probably pay them in late February.

[robeli.livejournal.com]

Would it be easier for you 3 to stay in a hotel or claim a room in our house? We have 2 'guest bedrooms'. After that you get floor/couch space.
I'm giving those with children priority to a guest bedroom as it has a door so the little ones can sleep better. (hope that doesn't offend anyone)

[melallen.livejournal.com]

Oh that doesn't offend me... wait I have children. Mwahahahahaha.

Right now only planning on bringing Corinne. But Hulda DOES need to meet Cooper eventually. Seeing that they are betrothed and all.

Oh, and I can bring a pack & play if Hulda needs one. And I don't mind sharing space if need be.

[kpmooney.livejournal.com]

It's a possibility, but it will depend on how my finances look at the time.

[stinaleigh.livejournal.com]

I unfortunately can't plan that far ahead right now. So my response is maybe.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

I'm a maybe. Very, very maybe, dependent upon finances and other responsibilities.

What's the closest airport?

[melallen.livejournal.com]

Well, I for one would love for you to come meet the brat(s). I really hope you can make it. We must discuss as the time gets closer :)

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

IAD.

If Dulles doesn't work for you, DCA isn't far either.

[locumtenens.livejournal.com]

Sadly I have anesthesia board reviews in Nashville that weekend. :(

[pokeypenguin.livejournal.com]

Low end of maybe, for now. Come February, I'll guess again.

[skwidly.livejournal.com]

I'm going to say the same (a bit late, I know). It's possible, but my days off are few until I've been here 6 months, and I'll need several around Memorial Day for sure. We'll see.

[leighdb.livejournal.com]

We will speak of this again in the New Year.

[culfinriel.livejournal.com]

It's still my intention to come. Drive and provide transportation and stuff, even.

[michiexile]

From where? Would it be possible to hitch a ride?

[(Anonymous)]

Wow - it took a second to register what this was a reference to. I'd be coming from Durham, NC and I kind of figured there might be some airport transporting needed, if nothing else. If you're somewhere in Virginia along I-95, or along an airport run, it would seem highly probable that a ride would be doable.

[michiexile]

Right. I probably should rephrase the question in a more general way...

I'll be based in Millersville - by Lancaster, PA - during that time, visiting a professor there. I've heard enormous amounts about these meetups from thette, and have been actively prodded to go join in.

However, traveling on all the things I could get someone else to pay for, and living on a grad student's budget, the ~$150 it seems to cost to go down from Lancaster on my own seems slightly stiffer than what I can handle. Hence my sniffing around for someone I could hitch a ride with. (gas sharing tends to come cheaper than the prices cited on AmTrak anyway....)

[culfinriel.livejournal.com]

oops, that was me.