Depends what time you leave, how much road work is being done and how fast you drive. I usually do it in about 2 and a quarter hours.
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
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.
I usually drive pretty fast (10mph above speed limit) when I am in a familiar area, but not around road work. It's good to know that it's +/- 2.5 hours though.
Kate--we are in!
WOOOOOO and HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
After an extensive search, we have finally found cheap plane tickets (Go Travelocity! Way cheaper than anything on kayak or farecast). The flights have some...quirks, shall we say (a 6:30am LAX departure, for one thing), but they were $265 each. Woot! Not bad for the distance. We will be flying in and out of Milwaukee on Northwest. Aurelia, if your offer is still good, we would love to take you up on it. We saved a ton of money on both air and car by flying/renting 20th-25th. We're going to stay in Madison at the hotel Friday and Saturday night, but then we plan to head to Chicago for a couple of days. Sound okay?
Whoot!
Brenda, will we get to see you in Chicago, too? That would be most excellent.
Yes indeed. I may take Monday and Tuesday off work, actually.
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That would be fabulous! I've never actually been to Chicago (other than the airport, which most certainly should not count), and ND says he hasn't spent much time there either. We'd love a tour guide. (Not to mention the general awesomeness of hanging out with you.)
ETA: If anyone is flying into MKE and would like a ride Friday afternoon, we have extra room in the car and would be happy to have you.
(Kristin, Farecast.com has a box that you can check to compare the prices simultaneously with Travelocity)
Aurelia, if your offer is still good, we would love to take you up on it.
Sure. I'll have to get keys to someone for you. Brenda, wanna be the keymaster?
Oh, and Brenda, if you play tour guide for ND and Kristen Drew loves long walking tours .