Road trip?

[mikekn]

So, would it be worth it to drive five and a half hours to attend an SCA event that is having a games tourney?  I've been tempted to attend each year since I've heard about it, but the plans just never come together.  On the plus side, it's a game tourney I don't have to run at a small event that sounds like a lot of fun.  On the down side, it's five and half hours each way.  That would mean driving down Friday night, finding a place to stay, attending the event on Saturday, and driving home on Sunday.  So a whole weekend gone, just so I can play Fox and Geese against unsuspecting strangers (ok, other games as well).

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[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

You could find something else to do in the area, mundanely; make it a semi-long weekend. Local tourist websites could be of service. VA used to have lots of fancy glass factories, and caves. Or so I remember from my youth.

[mikekn]

Our current schedules and vacation time would keep us for extending the trip into Monday, but we could spend Sunday morning and afternoon exploring the area. Turns out it's near Charlottesville, so we've got Monticello right there, and I spotted a few wineries as well.

[xymotik.livejournal.com]

Road trip?

Road trip! Road trip! If you've been wanting to do this for years, 11 hours really isn't that bad (vonbryan at one point said my road trips broke the rules of physics, so maybe I'm just weird).


And here's another Emperor Norton strip. (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/13/BAFARLEY.DTL)

[mikekn]

I'm a fan of the weird road trip myself, including the long ones (for example my weekend in Dallas for an anime con, 24 hours each way, or the old day trips to Boston, 12 hour round trip in one day).

Thanks for the Norton link! He's doing good so far with his history. I'll have to drop him a not and see if I can get permission to post them on my Norton site :)

[xymotik.livejournal.com]

You win! =) The longest I've ever done in a day was 15 hours/780 miles from Berkeley to Phoenix when mutual LJ friend kyroraz lived there.

[vonbryan.livejournal.com]

In 1960s Southern Sheriff Movie VoiceHmmmm Average speed 52 mph... All right son, we don't have a prima facia case for speeding, but you watch yourself around here.