I’m going to this conference in June. Thanks to the grant, travel is reimbursable, but only to a point; and it seems much less expensive to fly into Seattle and take the clipper ferry than to fly all the way to Victoria. However, the scheduling exigencies of flying to Seattle mean that I’d probably have to stay there overnight on 6/14 (Tuesday, and I’d be taking the 7:30am ferry on Wednesday) and 6/18 (a Saturday). At this point I don’t know how late things will run on Saturday the 18th, as the full program hasn’t been posted yet; I may have to stay in Victoria and go straight home on 6/19.
So, hypothetically: if I do this, would any of y’all reading this and residing in the Seattle area have crash space? Reward possibilities for hosting me include chocolate, a homecooked meal (you’d have to allow me the run of your kitchen for that), a low-maintenance guest of sunny disposition, my undying gratitude, and/or negotiable.
You’re certainly welcome here.
Oh, I responded to the lj feed *smacks forehead* I always forget that… Anyway. If you have other options they’d probably be more comfortable than our house certainly.
I can’t help with the Seattle thing, but I can highly recommend Victoria. Ever been before? If not, I recommend that a long walk through Beacon Hill Park be added to the list. And tea at Murchie’s.
Victoria is beautiful; I’m quite disappointed that I won’t be at ACH/ALLC this year, since I like Vic so much, but I’ll be just across the way (those same dates) at the Digital Games Research Assocation conference in Vancouver … seems like western Canada is getting *everyone’s* business these days.
And I think I’m going exactly what you are doing – flying to Seattle and taking the train up. Why is flying to Canada *that* much more expensive. Sheesh.
You’ll like the Clipper though. Loads of fun…