You'll want to fly. On the West Coast, taking the train is a bit of a crap shoot and wouldn't advise it unless you had a day between when you are suppose to arrive and when you need to arrive. The few times I've taken Amtrak on the West coast between Seattle and Los Angelos, I've never been on time. I've been anywhere between 5 hours to one day late depending the distance needed to travel. In fact, given my past experience, if I wasn't going to fly -- I would drive. It will take you approximately 12-13 hours to drive down I-5 from Portland to San Francisco. By train, almost twice as long. --TR ******************************************* Terry Reese Cataloger for Networked Resources Digital Production Unit Head Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 tel: 541-737-6384 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http: http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset *******************************************
________________________________ From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Elizabeth Sadler Sent: Wed 2/20/2008 6:59 PM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28? Dear Code4Lib folks, Can some of you west-coasters advise me on the best (read: cheapest and most fun) way to get from Portland to San Francisco on February 28? Taking a plane is my last resort. My first choice would be hitching a ride with any conference attendees who would be going that way anyway, and I also thought about taking the train but Amtrak has stymied me. Greyhound would take much too long, I imagine. Anyway, I thought it was worth a question. Any suggestions from the community? Bess Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler Research and Development Librarian Digital Scholarship Services (DSS) Box 400129 Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (434) 243-2305
