Comrades I need help.
Comrades I need help.
Tomorrow at about 1pm I am going to be in Seattle with no ride home and no ride to my destination (Pine Ridge). One way or another I am getting there, even if it means buying another plane ticket. If I do not have to pay for half the rental car that means I have an extra $1300 for my travel budget.
So my question is, can anyone help me get to Pine Ridge in South Dakota from Seattle in 5 days, I am not an experienced traveler and don't have a drivers license.
Wish I could but I'm across the fucking pond 💀💀💀
So far my plan is:
Visit the Lenin statue
???
Get to South Dakota.
I may not be an experienced traveler but I am a very experienced outdoorsman. I have a tent and I 0 degree rated sleeping bag. I will get there one way or another.
There are flights from Seattle to Scottsbluff Nebraska for less than $200, and then a bus from there to Pine Ridge for $50
Also flights to Alliance, NE. But you might have to wait a little longer for tickets below $200
This might be my best option. Like I said I gotta get there in 5 days maybe 6.
Totally would but my car smells like weed sorry, plus there are seltzer cans everywhere. Filth
You stole my car?
It's a doggy dog world you know what they say
Update: I volunteered to take a later flight as they were booked and the airline gave me $600.
Which was twice the cost of my ticket
A lot of things become a lot easier if you can get picked up from Rapid City or Hot Springs.
A one-way trip by plane from Seattle to Rapid City on this short of timeframe is looking like upwards of $400.
Amtrak can get you within 300 miles, to Williston ND, where there's a good amount of traffic going north/south to western SD.
You may have to hitchhike after that. I've never done this but I know a handful of people who have, and that part of the country intuitively feels like the best place to have an adventure like that.
Amtrak or even a Greyhound will get you there in a few days
Good point.
@Nakoichi@hexbear.net there are bus-only routes that will take you from Seattle to Rapid City, for maybe $150. Do make sure to pick the ones with plenty of space between the legs of the trip, as long-distance busses in this country are notoriously tardy.
Bump, also good luck
Let me know if there's any sort of paint or defacing on Lenins statue so I can pass the message onto my folks down there whether it needs cleaning again or not.
Seattle tips: public bathrooms are near non-existent in Seattle as far as my tour down there concluded. The light rail system is a great money saver in the places it runs, otherwise public transport is alright when needed, just gotta research ahead of time. Water can be expensive there. Greyhound or amtrak are your best bet for travel out of the state but you should've been looking up their timetables beforehand to try and catch one that lines up best with your timeframe.
Yeah I literally just found out about the car rental falling through last night when I made the post.
Ah well if you'll be using a car to drive there, I'm no expert on the route but the I-90 should be the route of choice.Edit lack of reading skills in the early morning. Woly has the best suggestion out of us.
Also make sure to carry at least two-three days of supplies in terms of water and light food (like 3-4 liters of water and a bag of granola) just in case anything happens while you're in bumfuck no-signalsville, double check distances between gas stations on your route there to ensure you're always topped off to get there, take breaks every 3-5 hours to stop and stretch the legs, and make sure to have plenty to talk about because it'll be a long drive.
Edit: take from the second paragraph what sounds useful since its not necessarily a roadtrip lol
Good luck!
Wish I could help, but unfortunately fate had other plans
Looks like there's an airport nearby - chadron municipal. They only seem to fly to/from Denver. There are a couple of different airlines that fly Seattle/Denver. I'd just make sure to leave like a 4+ hour layover in Denver if you're chaining together flights from different airlines. Google flights is a good place to start, and it's probably best to purchase tickets from the airlines themselves instead of Expedia or whatever.
The big airlines fly into the nearby Rapid City Regional, but you're probably going to be connecting in another city. At least you'd be flying multiple flights on one ticket, though.
The Amtrak Empire Builder line runs from Seattle through North Dakota, but that still leaves you getting down from ND.
Is there someone who can pick you up from one of the nearby airports?