Baiton transportation logistics
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chhotiiI can’t possibly drive to Baitcon...
The problem with driving was made abundantly clear when, due to my mother’s medical issues, I was driving from the city to the Merrimack Valley every evening (to take care of her) and driving back into the city at the peak of rush hour traffic every morning (to take the kid to school). Traffic is so horrible on I-93, this meant being in the driver’s seat 3.5 to 4 hours per day.
What I’ve discovered is that if I spend that much time driving, it irritates a nerve that goes through my backside to my legs, and I get shooting pains down the backs of my legs. After a few days of The I-93 Commuter Hell, my knees actually buckled under me. Not doing that any more, ever. Mom went back into the hospital and by the time she gets out, she will, allegedly, be able to take care of herself all week, with just a support visit from me on the weekend (when the traffic is usually not such an issue.) But, having irritated the hell out of my bum, even much less strenuous periods of driving are a problem, and sitting on my office chair at work is not conducive to things healing up.
So when I consider the idea of driving 3+ hours to get to Baitcon, and 3+ hours back within 4 days... oh hell no. No way. Cannot. But posting to the Baitcon ride share thread resulted in crickets.
There is a train from Boston to Pittsfield. I shall be looking into that. But I will need some help of some kind; there’s no public transit to the Abode.
1. Can anyone pick up me and the kid from the Pittsfield train station and bring us to the Abode on Friday, and take us back to the Pittsfield train station on Monday?
2. Can anyone transport some of our camping stuff? Carrying all of a tent, two sleeping bags, two backpacks, at least one tote bag, and maybe a camp chair on the T to get to/from the train station sounds, urgh, challenging. (I will have to drive to Mom’s place during the week before Baitcon anyway, so I can drop off stuff anywhere north of Boston.)
3. If the surly teenager can get a ride to and/or from Baitcon with their BFF’s family... will someone carpool with me, minus the surly teenager? (I don’t know if the presence of the surly teenager was the reason I got crickets on the ride-share board.) Either I would ride in your car, or, if it works to carpool both ways AND you drive stick, we can take my car.
The problem with driving was made abundantly clear when, due to my mother’s medical issues, I was driving from the city to the Merrimack Valley every evening (to take care of her) and driving back into the city at the peak of rush hour traffic every morning (to take the kid to school). Traffic is so horrible on I-93, this meant being in the driver’s seat 3.5 to 4 hours per day.
What I’ve discovered is that if I spend that much time driving, it irritates a nerve that goes through my backside to my legs, and I get shooting pains down the backs of my legs. After a few days of The I-93 Commuter Hell, my knees actually buckled under me. Not doing that any more, ever. Mom went back into the hospital and by the time she gets out, she will, allegedly, be able to take care of herself all week, with just a support visit from me on the weekend (when the traffic is usually not such an issue.) But, having irritated the hell out of my bum, even much less strenuous periods of driving are a problem, and sitting on my office chair at work is not conducive to things healing up.
So when I consider the idea of driving 3+ hours to get to Baitcon, and 3+ hours back within 4 days... oh hell no. No way. Cannot. But posting to the Baitcon ride share thread resulted in crickets.
There is a train from Boston to Pittsfield. I shall be looking into that. But I will need some help of some kind; there’s no public transit to the Abode.
1. Can anyone pick up me and the kid from the Pittsfield train station and bring us to the Abode on Friday, and take us back to the Pittsfield train station on Monday?
2. Can anyone transport some of our camping stuff? Carrying all of a tent, two sleeping bags, two backpacks, at least one tote bag, and maybe a camp chair on the T to get to/from the train station sounds, urgh, challenging. (I will have to drive to Mom’s place during the week before Baitcon anyway, so I can drop off stuff anywhere north of Boston.)
3. If the surly teenager can get a ride to and/or from Baitcon with their BFF’s family... will someone carpool with me, minus the surly teenager? (I don’t know if the presence of the surly teenager was the reason I got crickets on the ride-share board.) Either I would ride in your car, or, if it works to carpool both ways AND you drive stick, we can take my car.
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Date: 2018-06-11 06:36 pm (UTC)As you already know, we have room for your gear :)
And, I hope your mom is feeling better soon! I'd offer to check on her occasionally (it's on my route home from the barn), but she doesn't know me, so...
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Date: 2018-06-12 01:29 pm (UTC)Alas it's not the stickshift to blame. Proof of this is that I was starting to have a bit of this problem when we were in vacation in Florida, and I was driving Rich's dad's car, an automatic. Traffic out of Tampa at rush hour: urgh.
Fortunately Mom is doing much better! She's back at home, doing fine with just a bit of help with transport from folks at her church.