You'll want to fly. On the West Coast, taking the train is a bit of a crap shoot and wouldn't advise it unless you had a day between when you are suppose to arrive and when you need to arrive. The few times I've taken Amtrak on the West coast between Seattle and Los Angelos, I've never been on time. I've been anywhere between 5 hours to one day late depending the distance needed to travel. In fact, given my past experience, if I wasn't going to fly -- I would drive. It will take you approximately 12-13 hours to drive down I-5 from Portland to San Francisco. By train, almost twice as long.
--TR
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Cataloger for Networked Resources
Digital Production Unit Head
Oregon State University Libraries
Corvallis, OR 97331
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From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Elizabeth Sadler
Sent: Wed 2/20/2008 6:59 PM
To: CODE4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28?
Dear Code4Lib folks,
Can some of you west-coasters advise me on the best (read: cheapest
and most fun) way to get from Portland to San Francisco on February
28? Taking a plane is my last resort. My first choice would be
hitching a ride with any conference attendees who would be going that
way anyway, and I also thought about taking the train but Amtrak has
stymied me. Greyhound would take much too long, I imagine.
Anyway, I thought it was worth a question. Any suggestions from the
community?
Bess
Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler
Research and Development Librarian
Digital Scholarship Services (DSS)
Box 400129
Alderman Library
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
bess_at_virginia.edu
(434) 243-2305
Received on Wed Feb 20 2008 - 22:32:01 EST