Me and Mat would be down for sharing a room if that's something you'd be cool with. I'm pretty sure we're going save for some unforeseen crisis between now and then. :3

Well, splitting a Motel 6 room will be beyond cheap :P

It's a two bed room, but I only put a reservation for 1 person. I just checked, and they do up the price a bit for more people, but compared to the Main hotels for the Con, it's nominal (adding 2 more people appears to be around $10 more per night :P).

Also, since I'm planning to have my car, I can easily drive to the convention, and save on Taxi fares.


... All pending my car is in decent condition to drive 900 miles :P

Actually, I wonder if it would be cheaper for you guys to have a flight that ends in Minneapolis or Chicago (I assume you two would be flying?) Then we could car-pool, road trip it. Of course, the only other thing to worry about would be the amount of time it takes. Driving from Minnesota is 14 hours, Chicago is the half-way (7 hours). I can do a 7 hour drive alright (with a few breaks), but a 14 hour straight drive would be impossible. It's all timing and costs, and I'm sacrificing time for costs ;)

In any case, I'd totally be down for having you two on board! Options a-plenty! :P

Now just to start saving, begging, and earning the money for it :P

Yeah it shouldn't be a problem paying for another person, we'll foot that part for sure. This is an interesting prospect, flying into Minneapolis or Chicago. I'm going to look at some flights and talk to Mat about everything because personally, I love road trips!

Yeah we'll have to start doing....something to save for this. Shouldn't be too hard for Mat because he gets an okay tax return that'll probably pay most of his way. Me on the other hand, money tends to disappear when it's in my custody. I end up wondering where the hell all of it went, and then realizing I spent it on piddly things and fast food. I need a swift kick in the ass sometimes! lol

And so, let the games begin!

Keep in mind I drive a Manual. So unless either of you know hoe to drive stick, going from Minneapolis will still be looooooooooooooooong and would require either a stay at some state park for camping or Hotel :P haha!

Yeah...neither of us drive. I was planning on getting my license but didn't really see the need for it since owning a car is just too expensive at the moment. We'll figure something out though! I talked to Mat, he's down with the whole concept so all that's left to do is decide where our destination will be.

Upon first glance and picking kind of random dates at the Air Canada site, it'd cost us $357 per person, each way to fly to Minneapolis. It's cheaper to fly to Pittsburgh (I'm really not sure why but okay, lol).

Cheaper to go to pittsburgh??? That's so weird! Wait, Are you sure you are not looking at just one flight? You'll probably have to make a connecting flight, right?

When I was looking at train tickets, I thought it was a good deal... until I scrolled down and discovered the RETURN trip was there! haha (I've only ever driven, never trains, nor planes.).

Also, there's a Pittsburgh in Canada. Sure you are not looking at the wrong Pittsburgh? ;) :P

Still, that's crazy because there's a difference of 900 miles between Minneapolis and Pittsburgh! Oh well. Whatever the plan, we'll make it work.

Expecting that you want to be at the con ON July 2nd THROUGH the 5th, then this is what you'll need to plan:

If landing in Minneapolis, Early arrival on Wed, the 1st would be best. There'd most likely be a stop towards Chicago at a Motel 6 or campground that night. We'd arrive in the afternoon, most likely, on the 2nd. For returning, If we leave late on Sunday, it could easily take until Tuesday to get back into Minneapolis.

If landing in Chicago, Then nix Wednesday completely, and expect to be back in Chicago by Monday.

Minneapolis and Chicago locations can easily be adjusted to flight times and such. but there is PLENTY of time to plan.

If landing in Pittsburgh, well, then you only really need to worry about me picking you up. Expecting the arriving flight would be ON the 2nd at some point.

Again, plenty of time for you guys to plan things, and view options.

Anyway, here is a Google Maps Link of my driving path:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&.....ie=UTF8&ll=42.714732,-86.638184&spn=9.620232,18.742676&z=6

(hopefully the link fits without breaking, but its as simple as Minneapolis, MN to Chicago, IL, to Pittsburgh, PA)