[Travel] the best laid plans...

[kryscat]

The primary reason to go to Boston this year was to see my HS friend Laura and her new youngster, Isabella. Otherwise we might've skipped Boston this year. Unfortunately, Isabella, Laura and her husband Erik have all been felled by a "disgusting stomach virus" in the last few days, so I shan't be seeing them. Rob had made seperate plans for lunch today with a friend of his, who called this morning to say that *she's* home sick today. Hopefully the dinner plans with Rob's college friends won't be thwarted by an outbreak of plague.

Tomorrow we'll be taking some sort of transit down to get to my parents' place. The usual plan is to take a bus down to the Port Autority in NYC and have a parent pick us up. Usually the drive from their place is something like 20 minutes, but the transit strike in NYC is causing us to reconsider our plans. Looking into taking a train directly from Boston to somewhere in NJ, or perhaps ferry across the river.... Meh. We'll get there somehow.

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[elvendoll.livejournal.com]

A friend's car is broken right now, and in trying to figure out how to get to NYS, she found that taking the train is just about as expensive as flying, and renting a car is more expensive then flying by only $40 - and that's comaring it to one ticket.

Good luck with whichever option you end up choosing!

[kryscat]

When is she going? Splitting a rental car tomorrow has a certain appeal. Train seems like less hassle than dealing with airport security for such a short hop. I think we're favoring the train, since we could avoid all city street traffic in NYC. At some point it becomes worth more money to avoid potentially hours and hours of gridlock.

[elvendoll.livejournal.com]

She's not leaving till Friday, sadly.

And yes, I definately see the merit of avoiding both street traffic and airport security.

[eviladmin.livejournal.com]

The Plague. Everywhere. Blech. Dooom.

Bummer your friends have it too. At least you aren't in NYC!