I'm thinking about driving it myself. It's 13 hours from New Jersey, but I've driven to Nashville before, so I'm used to it. It's less hassle than flying, and then I have my car. Of course, I'd have to take more time off work.... I dunno. Rambling.
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Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
Zenkitty - Jan 18, 2007 4:57:24 am PST #4386 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Ailleann - Jan 18, 2007 5:00:05 am PST #4387 of 10002
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I've been thinking about the same thing, Zenkitty.
SailAweigh - Jan 18, 2007 5:03:23 am PST #4388 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I considered driving, but plane tickets from Chicago to Atlanta are so damn cheap on Delta I wouldn't have any kind of savings and I really need to scrimp on this trip in order to make it. Otherwise, I'd drive. Lots of lovely countryside between WI and GA, places I haven't been that I'd like to see. I often take a couple extra days with a tent and camp in smaller state parks when I take a road trip. You have to go off the beaten path for that. It gives a better feel for what the countryside looks like than the interstate.
Ginger - Jan 18, 2007 5:04:48 am PST #4389 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It's 4-5 hours, Frank. It's a straight shot on I-85.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 18, 2007 5:05:03 am PST #4390 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
If memory serves (since I was contemplating this very thing last fall), it's about three 1/2 hours. It's a straight shot on the highway so I imagine it can vary widely depending on traffic.
That's not bad at all (pretty much the same distance I had this weekend going up to Vermont). I was going to take a week off and make several stops on the way down and back (Northampton in MA, outside of Baltimore in MD, State College in PA, Raleigh/Durham and Charlotte, maybe New York City), so adding another leg (and a couple of days on one end of the week off or the other) to the trip doesn't seem too bad an option. I had hoped it would be more of a mid-winter trip, but early May shouldn't be too bad even that far south.
Zenkitty - Jan 18, 2007 5:10:42 am PST #4391 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
May is nice down South. It's August that'll kill you. Where are you coming from, Frank?
Fred Pete - Jan 18, 2007 5:13:57 am PST #4392 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
If memory serves (since I was contemplating this very thing last fall), it's about three 1/2 hours.
I did the drive from DC to Atlanta back in '91-'92. I remember Charlotte to Atlanta as the easy part because there's very little traffic between Greenville/Spartanburg and the outskirts of Atlanta.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 18, 2007 5:24:58 am PST #4393 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Where are you coming from, Frank?
Salem, MA or there abouts (I may stop for a night in Northampton on my way out).
megan walker - Jan 18, 2007 5:34:04 am PST #4394 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If it helps for your planning purposes, I've driven to and from Weston quite a bit for holidays, and (barring crazy Thanksgiving traffic) it's pretty consistently 7 hours, which would mean Baltimore would be about 7 for you. Of course, this would assume that you also go about 80 mph on the Pike/84/91 stretch to New Haven.
Ginger - Jan 18, 2007 10:58:34 am PST #4395 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There's a good sale from LAX on Northwest right now.