[pct-l] flying home (Seattle? to San Diego)

[jeffbohannon at hotmail.com (Jeff Bohannon)]

Eric i live in San Diego and flew from Seattle back in 2002. A last minute 
flight on Southwest was $199, But if you buy 3 weeks ahead ya probably will 
get a discount of up to half. At southwest.com you can sign up for their 
discount notices. When i flew back 2003 I booked ahead and paid $99
Determining the exact date I'll be coming home is the tough part for me. 
Since I'm a section hiker I've made the trip back and forth from the 
northwest a number of times . Ive found Amtrak to be a cheap and often the 
easiest way to get to the trail or home from N. Ca and S. Ore. This summer I 
was let off at the trail by the Amtrak shuttle at Hwy 140  in Ore. Talk 
about service.
If you fly and the weather is clear try to get a daylight flight. Its a trip 
looking down at the landmarks it took so long to get to .  Raineer and 
Crater Lake brought back a bunch of emotions.
A side note I found that my clothes and specifically shoes were just too 
rude smelling for me to inflict on others.  Iwas able too buy some stuff 
downtown Seattle. I got some great deals at Nordstom off the rack store $45 
for shoes, shirt and pants that I still wear today . There are also some 
thrift stores, thats what i did in Redding on my way home this year.  I hate 
when people end their sniffing of the air with a cold stare at me, 
especially a group of 'em. And its one thing to hitch a ride and be able to 
roll down windows its another to be in close proximity for hours with no 
windows.

>From: Eric <radpin@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Eric <radpin@gmail.com>
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] flying home (Seattle? to San Diego)
>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:59:04 -0700
>
>Hello all;
>
>So one aspect of things that seems a bit fuzzy is getting home once in
>Canada. I figure that I might be able to figure out some creative way
>to get to Seattle from Manning Park, but maybe there's an understood
>method?
>
> >From Seattle, the flights (one way) back to San Diego seem to be
>$120-$200, which isn't too bad. Covering a five month distance in four
>hours will have a certain poetic quality. But I'm curious how far out
>to make my reservations. I was thinking that I would wait until I was
>within a few weeks of ending, and then I would have a pretty good idea
>of my exact end date (as opposed to trying to peg it earlier than
>that).
>
>The alternative I suppose is just doing all the ticket buying in
>Washington / Canada, and maybe hanging looking for last minute
>openings on hotwire.com ?
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated;

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