Originally posted by warmonger: I did the Mapquest thing and it is 774 miles for me, or thirteen hours. Basically a day and a half drive.
dude, like i said:
Originally posted by KingpinSVT: sack up!
my total drive was ~2200 miles (just a tad shy according to mapquest). i drove 1022 miles yesterday with 3 stops by myself to get home, so 700 is an easy days drive. other CEGers were pushing (the NE ones) dang near to what i did. VERY MUCH worth the drive. if SZ is in ft wayne again next year im going to do the drive again, without thinking twice. JUST DO IT!
You know what....I friggin sacked up for Uncle Sam and have done many difficult things because of it. ONE OF THEM was to give up some personal freedoms such as being able to cruise 750 miles away without getting a pass or permission, such as taking leave. It isn't that I wouldn't want to, I am NOT ALLOWED to. I've also got kids that I don't need to subject that sh|t to all the time. We just did over 5K miles in a car in a very short time(TX-AL, AL-TX, TX-AZ-CA, CA-AZ-TX; TX-AL-MD, MD-AL) because we moved AND went on vacation.
Therefore I feel perfectly justified in asking other people to compromise and make a partial sacrifice by having it in a central location. Now I'm not saying I won't go or that I don't want to. I will have to plan it in and decide whether it is worth dragging my family and burning up my hard earned leave. If I were going by myself it'd be a no-brainer.
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