Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-08 Thread almitt2
Hi Yinan and all, You also left out depreciation on your vehicle which also adds up. I think business gets a 50 cents a mile deduction on that. Best! --AL Mitterling Quoting Yinan Wang veom...@gmail.com: Driving vs Flying is a question of starting point and logistics. For east coasters

Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-08 Thread Greg Hupé
-Original Message- From: almi...@localnet.com Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 3:28 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying Hi Yinan and all, You also left out depreciation on your vehicle which also adds up. I think business gets

Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-08 Thread Greg Hupé
, 2013 3:28 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying Hi Yinan and all, You also left out depreciation on your vehicle which also adds up. I think business gets a 50 cents a mile deduction on that. Best! --AL Mitterling Quoting Yinan Wang veom

Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-08 Thread Richard Montgomery
...@cabassi.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 7:03 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying Hi John, I'm driving from SoCal as well. Saves the hassle and expense of flying (which limits what I can bring) and then having to rent a car. Also, unlike

Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-08 Thread Richard Montgomery
: Yinan Wang veom...@gmail.com To: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com Cc: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; John Cabassi j...@cabassi.net Sent: Mon, Jan 7, 2013 8:39 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying Driving vs Flying is a question of starting point

Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-08 Thread Linton Rohr
Exactly, Rob! I'm thinking about swing over to Holbrook on the way down. It's about time I found one of these space rocks myself! Linton On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com wrote: Hi John, I'm driving from SoCal as well. Saves the hassle and expense of

[meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-07 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Hi John, I'm driving from SoCal as well. Saves the hassle and expense of flying (which limits what I can bring) and then having to rent a car. Also, unlike a rental car, with my own vehicle I can go off-road if I want, which is handy if you plan to do a little space-rock hunting along the way!

Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-07 Thread John Cabassi
G'Day Rob My sentiments entirely. I love the thrill of getting out and this year has been lacking that and usually we tend to get off the beaten track to take a break and to look for those elusive illegal rocks that entered the United States without papers. Hope to see you in Tucson Cheers John

Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-07 Thread Yinan Wang
Driving vs Flying is a question of starting point and logistics. For east coasters that's a total of 5000+ miles round trip and 4-5 nights of hotels to account for all that + gas (~170 gallons for a decent vehicle). That comes to roughly $1600 and a week of your life that you could spend doing

Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying

2013-01-07 Thread Anne Black
...@gmail.com To: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com Cc: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; John Cabassi j...@cabassi.net Sent: Mon, Jan 7, 2013 8:39 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Driving vs. flying Driving vs Flying is a question of starting point and logistics. For east