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Have you done that drive before? It's a beeotch. I did it back in January to Houston and back for my wedding. You can theoretically do SAN - ELP in one day, but there is no way you'll want to do ELP -AUS the next day. Coming back is even worse. Do SAN - TUS, TUS - ELP, ELP - AUS. It will make you want to kill yourself slightly less.

Oh, I did it last year and I know what a killer it is. According to Google maps, ELP-AUS should take about 8 hours. Last year I did ELP-IAH and it got really bad after we passed SAT. The nice thing is I don't have to come back. :)

After SxSW I'm doing AUS-RDU and then RDU-EWR.

Steph3n

Mar 4, 2009 3:07 pm

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11361155)

LEt me know when you pass through near Brownwood/Dublin area ^

rolov

Mar 4, 2009 3:08 pm

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Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 11361005)

I'm wondering which of those I'd find more distasteful. :rolleyes:

Ha Ha , Im not a fan of either but I tried some ceviche that was not too bad .

enmascarado

Mar 4, 2009 3:08 pm

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11361155)

I did AUS-TUS on one day, and TUS-LAX the next... It can be done just fine, just make sure You have case of Red Bull with you in the car!

rolov

Mar 4, 2009 3:12 pm

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11360993)

L:rolleyes:L

I sent you :rolleyes:

ssullivan

Mar 4, 2009 3:15 pm

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Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 11360962)

I am just being cautious with staying there.

Where in El Paso are you staying?

sfogate

Mar 4, 2009 3:18 pm

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11360845)

That's ridiculous. No way that they're scheduled so tightly that a 15 minute delay in departure time will cause them to miss a landing slot. :rolleyes:

I know that, they know I know that, but still they insisted that they could not hold for their customers. I didn't want to argue the point that if their pilots couldn't shave 15 minutes of their 12+ hours of flying time, then maybe they shouldn't be in the airline business. :rolleyes:

End result was that we had to hotel and feed over 25 people the past three days. CO made some nice brownie points since we repeatedly told the misconnecting customers that their airline of choice refused to hold for them and we were rebooking them, hoteling and feeding them at CO's expense, plus transfer their luggage ramp side so they wouldn't have to bother with it.

Mackieman

Mar 4, 2009 3:19 pm

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11361155)

Oh, then I'd say no worries. If you start early enough out of SAN (like, 8AM or so) you get into ELP before too late so you can get some dinner and rest before day two. Enjoy SxSW, I've never gotten to go despite growing up around IAH.

sfogate

Mar 4, 2009 3:20 pm

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Originally Posted by enmascarado (Post 11361267)

I did AUS-TUS on one day, and TUS-LAX the next... It can be done just fine, just make sure You have case of Red Bull with you in the car!

And a case of Depends.

CO 1E

Mar 4, 2009 3:20 pm

Is El Paso really that dangerous apart from a bit of gang violence in isolated areas? Heck, every large city experiences gang violence on a regular basis.

Mackieman

Mar 4, 2009 3:21 pm

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Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 11360962)

I am just being cautious with staying there.

I stayed at the ELP Marriott based on ssullivan's recommendation and I stayed at the Courtyard that is a little closer to the freeway at the same exit on the way back. Both stays were in late December 2008/early January 2009. They were clean, quiet, and safe. Just don't go rolling around ELP late at night and you'll be fine.

Mackieman

Mar 4, 2009 3:22 pm

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Originally Posted by sfogate (Post 11361334)

And a case of Depends.

And we have now met our daily poop joke quota, courtesy of sfogate.

Viva la Box! :D

sfogate

Mar 4, 2009 3:24 pm

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Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 11361354)

And we have now met our daily poop joke quota, courtesy of sfogate.

Viva la Box! :D

Once more a CO employee has provided great customer service.

Hartmann

Mar 4, 2009 3:24 pm

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11361303)

Where in El Paso are you staying?

I changed our reservation to the Courtyard at the airport.

From there we're staying at the Paisano for the rest of the trip

ConciergeMike

Mar 4, 2009 3:25 pm

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I guess since birthday dinner is starting soon, it would be a good idea to write the fiancee's birthday card :eek:

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