Keith, why are you acting like a crazy person and saying stuff like this:
That is sad. Why are you not going?
Well, I live all the way on the opposite side of the country and tickets to NH were more expensive than tickets to Mexico...
So...I chose two weeks in Mexico. That way I get to skip out on family drama at Christmas time and get a tan.
Priorities.
Sometimes they're a bit skewed
B/t Boston and NH you have 3 discount airlines. Think of all the libertarian guys that would want to have sex with you at Porcfest. You could get a tan (in the summer) in NH.
You could pick Tim up in MN along the way and split the costs in driving to NH. You could visit with GCN in MN, the sponsors of FTL in OH, and several cool callers/listeners in the NY/PA area. You could even give out FTL flyers at rest stops and gas stations along the way. It would be a fun adventure (getting there, being there, and going back).
Maybe she would prefer to follow along with her already made plans - which she already apparently paid for, rather than throw it all away, and not fuck anonymous men at a festival three thousand miles away, handing out fliers to strange people in gas stations at midnight in strange cities, and pick up people she never met and be responsible for their transportation for over a week, just because a weirdo like yourself spent a minute planning a two week multi-thousand dollar trip, with absolutely no concern for the reality of her safety or well being or comfort, because you, stupidly, thought it might be fun to drive the "alternate route" between Japan and England.