At 11:12 AM -0500 1/30/03, Declan McCullagh wrote: >On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:32:10AM -0800, Marshall Clow wrote: > > 3) Train - about 17 hours - $130 round trip. > > > > Help me out here - why would I take the train? > >Recently I went from DC to SF. It took about five hours of flight time >each way on JetBlue, which sells round-trip direct tickets for >$200. It was very pleasant. > >I could take the train next time. Amtrak assures me that I could leave >on Jan 30 and arrive on Feb 2 -- three full days of traveling, with >switching trains in New York and Chicago. Oh, I couldn't actually >find a train to SF (Amtrak says no service), so that'll only get me >as far as LA. And it's more expensive.
And don't forget 3 days of train food, and 2 nights of sleeping on a train. FWIW, Amtrak goes to Oakland, and there's a shuttle bus that takes you from the train station to the BART station, which can get you to downtown SF ;-) -- -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey! Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot?
