The Worldcon has voted.
We’re it.
It’s going to be interesting.
We are served by Amtrack, Greyhound, Southwest, Delta, and Alaska Air.
We sit astride I-90, and the most convenient route up from the south if you’re east of the Rockies is I-25 to I-90, or I-35 [there IS a continuance up to I-80, though it may not be official federal highway: it LOOKS like official federal highway, through northern Kansas. Or any route that originates near Chicago and picks up I-90. If you’re coming up from west of Arizona, you’ve got the choice of the fairly untrafficked route through Nevada (Winnemucca) to the highway that comes up on the east side of Oregon, up to Kennewick WA and up to Spokane via Ritzville—or going I-5, which is heavier traffic, up through Portland. In Portland you have a 3-way choice: going the scenic drive up the Columbia gorge, which will also get you to Kennewick, with a stop at scenic Multnomah Falls; or going on the White’s Pass route, which will take you through the Cascades (once you leave civilization you see a lot of pine forest and mountains, and it is beautiful, but the only frequent rest stops are the Park Service camp sites, which have latrines; you can also stay on I-5 and pick up I-90 near downtown Seattle, which will take you on the other side of those mountains, and bring you through Snowqualmie Pass. If you’re lucky it WILL be raining and misty, which makes those mountains real camera-friendly. It looks like areas of New Zealand. You then go through a lot of flat farmland before you begin to climb again, and that brings you to Spokane.
Or as previously noted, if one is on the I5 route, one could profitably cut off on I-97 at Shasta and go up the east side of the Cascades through Bend instead of the west side.
OTOH, Portland has Powell’s City of Books, proclaimed “the largest independent bookstore in the country”.
http://www.powells.com/
And they buy used books! 😉
Ph frabjous day! Calloo! Callay! This is going to be interesting! I am going to try like the dickens to make it, even though I have never done a con before.
This is sort of a birthday present, isn’t it?
The happiest of days upon completing another dance around the sun. May you have many more. Here’s wishing you a day of celebration!
See, that damned editor is never around when needed!
Errrm, did I miss a birthday party? I didn’t know about no birthday party! 🙁
Hoppy Birthday, ker CJ!
let’s see, we took I-94 from Milwaukee up to Fargo, across to Butte where we merged onto I-90, up through Coeur D’Alene to Spokane. Given the drive, it was nice, but I thought I’d never get to sleep when we stopped in Miles City, MT after driving from Milwaukee all night and all day. We were under a tornado warning just after we checked into the motel.
I might just start saving the nickels and pennies for a flight out and back, if it’s going to be at a convenient time for me. Depending on my other volunteer schedule I might not be able to make it. As time gets closer, I’ll know better.
Thank you all!
We’re having a quiet day today, dinner out (and a free steak from our local watering hole) and then a few days on, a dinner cruise with local friends…Tomorrow, a Labor Day picnic with 2 of them. So we are going to be careful on the diet. 😉
I ordered a special cake mix which is only 4 carbs a slice. So that will be tonight, after the fancy dinner out at the bar!
Happy birthday!
As for the Worldcon news: I shall be there. It’s only a nine-hour drive or a one-hour flight (or three, if you include security theatre). Also, cousins in town.
Helsinki would have been cool, but out of my price range, unfortunately.
Joyous Day! Your birthday, and the WorldCon announcement. Let the happy dance begin!
With this much lead time, I might actually be able to save up enough $$$ to go to my first ever con. Oh, and
HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY CJ!
@WOL, Please PM me as asdrin at Shejidan.
oh and yes, I did forget!!!!
Happy Birthday. Have a most wonderful birthday dinner!
Hippo, birdie, two ewes.
Remember that? Have a good birthday!
Walt beat me to my favorite birthday wish and SmartCat snagged “Oh Frabjous Day,” so I wish you a simple but heartfelt, Happy Birthweek.
Nice news on the worldcon, and have a very happy birthday !
And another “Hippo, birdie, two ewes” from one Virgo to another.
Have a wonderful day tomorrow. Happy Birthday!
Kinda off topic, yesterday afternoon the Mrs. of the family that lives in the other half of “my” duplex plonged on the doorbell to tell me a cat had had a litter of kittens under my car. Sure enough there was a momma cat and five kittens under my car beside the left front tire. See here for details.
Yes! We are planning to be there. So Aug 2015 that makes vacation planning simpler.
I guess we should start making reservations
Owl, I think that you’ve been captured and co-opted. Many first time mothers do astoundingly well, so don’t be too worried about her.
Happy Birthday, CJ sensei!
Belated happy birthday CJ and sincere wishes for many many more 🙂
Tommie’s question was about early SciFi authors, here’s something about SciFi authors on early times trying to get the science right; about 32,000 BC in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Shaman. That’s a bit of an inverted slant, so I’ll post it here.
http://m.livescience.com/39363-shaman-science-kim-stanley-robinson.html