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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Getting home for Christmas

Posted: 12/18/2005 5:04:02 PM EDT

So I'm trying to figure out how to make my way to Klamath Falls for Christmas, and don't have many ideas. Amtrak seems to be pretty sold out, and I'd prefer to avoid Greyhound as much as possible (though if it comes down to it, that's what I'll have to do).

Anyways, just in case I can work something out, I figured I'd try to bum rides part of the way down. Is there anyone headed in that general direction around Christmas time, that I could hitch-hike with? I live on Ft. Lewis, and any steps along the way to K-Falls are better than taking those same bits by Greyhound.

Posted: 12/18/2005 5:17:51 PM EDT

[#1]

I can't help you on this, but you should tell people your
leave NET and return NLT dates.

Posted: 12/18/2005 5:35:10 PM EDT

[#2]

Good point.
I can sign out on leave as early as the 20th and have to be back the 1st, but would like to be back like the 27th or so.

Posted: 12/18/2005 5:38:02 PM EDT

[#3]

I don't know what NET and NLT mean, but let me know what your departure and return dates will be. I may be able to provide some of this transportation.

ETA:

Quoted:
Good point.
I can sign out on leave as early as the 20th and have to be back the 1st, but would like to be back like the 27th or so.

Oh. I work weekdays. If you wanted to return on the 31st and could get to Salem or Eugene I could probably drive down and give you a ride up to Lewis. I know of a New Years Eve party we could crash too.

Posted: 12/18/2005 5:57:13 PM EDT

[#4]

Well, I wanna be back that early because I'm trying to get to a NYE party in VanCan, and then another one the next day (actually on NYE) in Seattle.

Posted: 12/18/2005 6:03:19 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
I don't know what NET and NLT mean

Not/No Earlier Than
Not/No Later Than

Posted: 12/18/2005 6:12:10 PM EDT

[#6]

Like I said in the OR thread, during the week I can provide transport between Eugene and Portland as long as I don't have to leave PDX prior to 5 PM and need to be back to PDX by 11 PM. So, if you get a ride down to PDX during the week, give me a hollar and I'll take you as far as Eugene. Same for the trip back, if it's during the week. I probably couldn't be to Eugene until about 7-8 PM for the return. If on the weekend, I could provide transport from PDX to Ft. Lewis, timing permitting.

Posted: 12/19/2005 7:47:03 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
So I'm trying to figure out how to make my way to Klamath Falls for Christmas

Klamath Falls to lose manmade waterfall
12/16/2005, 7:04 p.m. PT
The Associated Press

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — How does just plain "Klamath" sound for a city name?

As of next year, Klamath Falls will no longer have a waterfall.

The man-made Kiwanis Waterfall Park near the west end of the Southern Oregon city's Main Street will be torn out and replaced with a lower maintenance park area.

The artificial waterfall had long had upkeep problems, and was a popular target for vandals, who liked to dump soap into it to create a frothy mist of bubbles.

The town lost its namesake waterfalls on Link River when the river was dammed, but those were always more like a series of cascades than a real waterfall.

Posted: 12/19/2005 11:16:06 AM EDT

[#8]

That's interesting ... when I was in school down there, they said the town got it's name from some geological evidence of a prehistoric waterfall, which no longer existed. I believe "they" was some field-trip tour guide when I was in sixth grade.

These artificial falls were never mentioned, nor was the bit about the Link River.

Posted: 12/28/2005 7:07:52 AM EDT

[#9]

Brian did you make it home?

Posted: 12/28/2005 9:09:40 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Brian did you make it home?

I've not heard from him either.

Answer the woman!

Posted: 12/28/2005 9:59:48 AM EDT

[#11]

Unfortunately, no. I couldn't get anything worked out, and greyhound was going to be a 22hr ride. My folks just said don't worry about it, and I said I'd try to get down on a different weekend when trans wasn't full-up.

Posted: 12/28/2005 3:35:25 PM EDT

[#12]

I'm so sorry. THat is so sad. Patty

Posted: 12/28/2005 9:26:08 PM EDT

[#13]

maybe a little earlier warning next time?

Posted: 12/28/2005 11:44:07 PM EDT

[#14]

I gave almost as early of warning as I could. I think, had I not needed the reminder, I would have been able to give warning about a day, *maybe* two days sooner.

Posted: 12/29/2005 12:15:11 AM EDT

[#15]

Sorry to hear that you did not get a chance to get home for Christmas.

Posted: 12/29/2005 10:16:55 AM EDT

[#16]

No big deal, I'll just make it down some other weekend when there's less stuff booked up.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Getting home for Christmas

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