Project Planning

Super excited! I've just been talking with my co-worker, MT, about my trip in June to Yellowstone for my half marathon. How it'll work is I fly from the Bellingham International Airport (BLI) to Las Vegas (LAS) on Wednesday, stay the night, and fly to the Idaho Falls Airport (IDA) on Thursday. With Allegiant, I'm only paying $92 (already bought!) for my round trip flight from LAS to IDA/IDA to LAS and about $152 (not purchased, yet . . . next payday!) for my round trip from BLI to LAS/LAS to BLI. So, round trip flights are $244. If I were to fly to from Seatac (SEA) to IDA round trip, the tickets would be about $514 (thanks SkyScanner.com!). From SEA to Salt Lake City, UT and a shuttle north to Rexburg (which is a 4 hour trip I've done before -- best shuttle service ever, horribly long hours), I'm looking at $286 for the round trip flight and around $55 plus tip for the four hour shuttle north, round trip. Plus, I'll be needing to stay in hotels in Rexburg because my sister will have just given birth to my new niece or nephew. So . . . Nine days in a single hotel room (which will set me back at least $75/night), plus flights, plus shuttle, plus time and inconvenience . . . 

To sum up: 

A) SEA to SLC, shuttle, 9 days in a hotel with nothing to do in Rexburg but visit family, shuttle, SLC to SEA: $1,146

OR!!!

B) BLI to LAS, stay one night, LAS to IDA, hotel for 2 nights, stay with family for 5 nights, IDA to LAS, stay three nights (mucho to do, people to visit!), LAS to BLI: $536

Ding, ding, ding!! Winner, winner, chicken dinner!! B it is!!

All prices are subject to change (except those already purchased), obviously.

If I go to Vegas, I may have company! MT was saying she'd be super excited to come down for a few days. It'll be at the end of her finals week so we'll see how things roll when her quarter starts and if she'll have to do finals on Thursday or Friday that week. 

Keep your fingers crossed!!

Cheers!
LC