At 04:59 PM 9/18/04 EDT, you wrote: >I probably have room for one or two people that I can take in my rental car >from STL Thursday night to RedOak and leaving early Sunday Morning. >John Monday ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
John, I have good news for you. The Gathering is at Mt.Vernon, Illinois, just two hours or so from the St.Louis airport and not an eight or ten hour drive to Red Oak, Iowa !! :-) I'm sure the "Red Oak" thing was just a momentary brain cramp but I'd hate to see anyone miss the Gathering. I posted sometime back but I'll post it again. I believe there is a rail service from the St.Louis airport to the Mid-Continent airport about 23 miles east of St.Louis. If one were to use the rail service and pick up a rental car at Mid-Continent, you would have a 50 mile drive to Mt.Vernon, all interstate, and miss all of the St.Louis traffic. Check it all out ahead of time to make sure I'm not giving you any bad info. It would sure be the way to go as far as I'm concerned. Larry Flesner
