Oregon city to Lake Saint Louis 2018 miles. Div by 19 miles per Gal. = 106.2 gal X's 3.00 per gal =318.60 gas cost. drive time @ 50 mph minimum of 4 days on the road 4 nights at hotel at 80 per night + 320.00 638.60 x 2 once going, once retuning Travel expense on the road trip to Lake Saint Louis 1277.20 this does not include food because I would eat where ever I was. How many people do you think are going to drive 4 days to attend a national in the middle of the USA ? Every year with not hope of ever having it close to them again. If there is no hope of attending another national then why belong to the Parent Club? What you will end up with is a group of people located in the center of the USA that represents the American bred GSD. The rest of us will be the other guys. Terry Peggy <pmick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Filled the tank on Monday...$2.69 a gallon around here. I felt lucky to find a gas station with regular at $2.54! As for USAir stopping flying dogs, over a year ago I passed word from a l local GSD breeder who ships dogs for the Feds that this would happen...all the airlines are sure to follow. The question is "how long will it take?" Peggy LEWIEB@xxxxxxx wrote: >Well that is just wonderful, US Air the Hub airline for Charlotte where we >will be having this year's National won't carry dogs anymore. But this is just >a sign of things to come which is all the more reason to consider sites that >are driveable for MOST of our GSDCA Members. Course we will need a loan to >drive if these gas prices continue to climb. Could cost $3.00 a gallon by >National time. > >Lew >============================================================================ >POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original >author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind >are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the >Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > >ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY >MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS >PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY >FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE >PROSECUTED. > >For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org >============================================================================ > > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================