wistful about wiscon . . .

[ritaxis]

If I could figure out a way to go to Wiscon, I could be part of the reading for Glorifying Terrorism. The nice fellow said it couldn't be that expensive. It's not only expensive, it's difficult and time-consuming to get to Madison from here. Flying from San Jose costs $400 round-trip, with three airplanes and almost 9 hours travel each way. From San Francisco it's a lot cheaper but you have to leave at 1 in the morning and fly to Dallas/Ft. Worth and hang out there for four hours for more than 9 hours total. Oakland is worse.

I had thought about flying someplace close-ish and taking a bus, but I can't figure that one out either.

The bus takes two days each way.

I just don't understand routing a flight from San Jose to Madison through Dallas. It adds 700 miles to the trip. Why not route the flight through someplace more on the way?

Baycon is nice.

Comments

[papersky.livejournal.com]

You could go on the train.

Or as Anna said, fly to Chicago, that's what people seem to do. Chicago's easy to fly to.

I wish I could be there.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

I don't think the train goes all the way to Madison. At least oursin travelled with me on the bus from Madison to Chicago and was then heading on somewhere else by train.

But there's a good bus service between both Chicago airports and Madison. I think it took 4 hours from Midway and 3 hours from O'Hare.

I just wish I could go to WisCon again, but I don't think it's doable this year. The problem is getting the time off work. :-(