Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Hmm, how far is California from deepest Minnesota?
I'll still be in
the right country then at least ;-) Could well be road trip time...
Google says 2300mi from Hibbing, MN to Mountain View. Plane tickets
would be a 'better idea'. At 30mpg and $3/gal, that's $230 each way
for gas alone.
I don't want to discourage Jules from trying, but any plane trip out of
MN is going to cost at least as much as driving (jet fuel prices are going
through the roof). The trade-off is (if by plane) you get there faster
or, (if by car) you get to see a lot of America.
Hmm, I'd definitely prefer to drive I think - way more fun that way :) I
could buy a car and then sell it again afterwards as that'll likely work
out cheaper than renting (hmm, need to check on my insurance though - I
know it covers me for any vehicle in the UK but not sure if that extends
to overseas trips or not). I found a '66 Mustang the other day which I'm
seriously tempted with...
Only spanner in the works is that it's the girlfriend's birthday on the
6th and I don't think she's going to be too happy if I'm halfway across
the country at the time! Sellam, any chance you can move the dates? ;)
I wish the airline industry in the States would
finally just collapse and
then rebuild itself into something more viable. I'm trying to get a
flight to Vienna and prices are all over the place...above $2,000!
It's a worldwide thing I think - or maybe just affecting flights to the
US as well as from. The prices to MN from the UK were horrible too.
cheers
Jules