[meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

[Yinan Wang]

Driving vs Flying is a question of starting point and logistics.

For east coasters that's a total of 5000+ miles round trip and 4-5
nights of hotels to account for all that + gas (~170 gallons for a
decent vehicle). That comes to roughly $1600 and a week of your life
that you could spend doing other things.

Flying: Airfare $350 roundtrip, Car rental $120/week:  Which comes to
approximately $900 (that's including various fees). There will be
additional fees for mailing your stuff home. Oh, and you get several
free days which you didn't spend driving.

So ya, if you're within a day or two driving distance then driving is
better. Further out and it may not be worth it.

Math! See ya'll in Tucson.

-Yinan

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Matson, Robert D.
<ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I'm driving from SoCal as well. Saves the hassle and expense of
> flying (which limits what I can bring) and then having to rent a
> car. Also, unlike a rental car, with my own vehicle I can go
> off-road if I want, which is handy if you plan to do a little
> space-rock hunting along the way! --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of John
> Cabassi
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 6:27 PM
> To: Michael Farmer
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] To my Tucson friends...
>
> G'Day Linton, Michael and List
>
> Very good advice  Michael. I opted to drive from L.A., hotel is booked.
> Look forward to seeing everyone.
>
> Cheers
> John
>
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