[Shotimes] Never say never re gas prices

[Zach Leahy]

Some of us will strap a tent to a motorcycle and rough it and have an
awesome time too.  Vacation does not necessarily mean big $$$.  :)

Z

On 4/19/05, Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> Well, that's all relative. A 5,000-mile trip will take 200 gallons at 25 mpg. If gas goes up a $1/gallon, that's "only" another $200. Sure, it may break some people, but on a $2,000 vacation, we are talking 10%
> 
> For those of us beyond college with careers, etc, I will spend more than that on a vacation to get a better hotel, eat better food, and drink better beer!!  ;-)
> 
> FWIW, we went to Hawaii for our honeymoon in '92 (Honolulu, then Maui). Tried to save a few bucks, and used some hotel points, etc. We went back in '96. I had the airfare free from AA points, but we got nicer accomodations on Maui. Still cost me a grand more, even with free airfare, but it was worth it for the better overall experience.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> George Fourchy <krazgeo@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:42:19 -0700, George Fourchy wrote:
> 
> >The Fountain is in _BIG_ trouble....in 5 years it could well be $2500 to fill it up
> >one time.
> 
> That also means that if we are having a convention in Seattle, we'd better hurry up
> and do it, otherwise it will take WAY too much money for east coasters to buy the
> fuel for the trip out and back. It'll be a west coast only convention.
> 
> George
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