[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: It's tough to get to a national these days...
- From: barbmarkh@xxxxxxx
- To: pruett@xxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:46:48 -0400
Most of the flights I found to Beaumont were MD80's which cannot accommodate a
500 crate. I guess that's ok if our national is only for our bitches.
This is a great point Laurie - didn't I read that all the MD80's were being
retired?? I wonder what type of plane the airlines will use to replace the
MD80's for shorter flights . . . .
-----Original Message-----
From: Laurie Pruett <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:15 am
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] It's tough to get to a national these days...
I did some calculations:
From central Maine to:
Beaumont, TX - 1,928 miles each way (round trip 64 hours driving, $1,100 in gas)
Fort Collins, CO - 2, 114 miles each way (round trip 70 hours driving, $1,207
in
gas)
Perry, Georgia - 1,314 miles each way (round trip 44 hours driving, $750 in gas)
Springfield, OH - 979 miles each way (round trip 33 hours driving, $560 in
gas)
Salt Lake City - 2,528 miles each way (round trip 84 hours driving, $1,444 in
gas)
Ariel and I are driving to Beaumont because I found it impossible to fly dogs
in
500 crates from the northeast. Well, I shouldn't say impossible because I did
find a Northwest flight that could take a 500 crate but they charge $600 round
trip for the dog. By the time I paid for two tickets and a couple of dogs, I
was much better off driving (and could take more than two dogs). It will take
us 6 days to drive round trip. We're saving vacation time from work to be able
to do that.
Most of the flights I found to Beaumont were MD80's which cannot accommodate a
500 crate. I guess that's ok if our national is only for our bitches.
I think it will be nearly impossible to fly with dogs in 500 crates in the
future.
We need to rotate our national in order to accommodate the membership who is
not
in a position to take as much time as it takes me to drive to a national. We
shouldn't be rotating our national on the "edges" of our country, though, IMO.
It's just too far for those of us on the opposite "edge".
JMO...
Laurie Pruett
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