Tucson would be great in April or May, but nsm July. It regularly gets to be 110+ in July and August. It is a fantastic place, though. If we were thinking earlier and someone could be point person, I would definitely pimp it.

Santa Fe would be great even in the summer (I''ve never been and always wanted to, but weather.com lists average temps here: [link] but do we have someone who could coordinate?

Santa Fe is nice, but small, and can be very expensive. The cheapest airfare is to fly into Albuquerque, and then it's an hour's drive to Santa Fe.

Hey Bay-area folks, I know more about my San Francisco trip! I arrive the afternoon of Mon Oct 13 and once I get checked into the hotel I'll have the entire evening free. Thurs the 16th I have a break from 5-8pm so dinner is a possibility. Friday the 17th I don't have anything scheduled until the show at 8pm.

I don't know what hotel I'll be in but I'm hoping it won't be far from the theatre which is at 609 Sutter St.

Let me know if any of you are free to play at any of those times.

Dammit, I'm going to be out of town that whole week!

Dammit, I'm going to be out of town that whole week!

Me too.

I am in town, but it's hard for me to get up there during the week. Any chance you are going to be here on Saturday? If not, maybe I can arrange to work in SF on that Monday.

I leave Saturday morning, sorry.

Hmmm. Let me see about working in SF that Monday, then. If I can arrange it, what time do you land? Would an earlyish dinner, maybe around 6:00 or 6:30, work?

I'm supposed to land at 3:18. I don't see why that wouldn't work.

I would LOVE this idea except I know there are many Buffistas who are panicking right now at the thought of not being able to LEAVE the F2F for a breather.

Well, the ships aren't nearly as big as some cruise ships, but they are largish, so we wouldn't need to be all together all the time. Plus, folks could go different ways in the ports.

For years, we've been bantying about the idea of doing one of our library association conferences on a ferry, but we just have too many people and need too much technology. This spring, I met someone who had just done a conference on the ferry. I don't remember what group it was, but it was a lot smaller, I think 25-40 people, and she was quite positive about it.

Although Juneau is most famous for scenery and wildlife (mountains and glaciers and bears, oh, my), we also have a world famous folk festival (spring), nationally acclaimed theater (small, but really good), and decent dining (mostly in the medium price range, with a couple of very nice, expensive places).