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.

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Wiscon

[bschilli.livejournal.com]

Wiscon is close to selling out. Seriously. If you don't get your membership soon you'll need to get on the waiting list.

I managed to get from Madison to San Jose and back for the WorldCon with one plane change each way on United. Madison to Chicago to San Jose to Denver to Madison.

The bus line from O'Hare to Madison is Van Galder. The bus line from Milwaukee to Madison is Badger Bus. Both of them stop at the University. The train does not go to Madison.

Ben Schilling

Re: Wiscon

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

I don't think I can solve this very soon, so maybe it's not worth working on if the window is very narrow.