In this particular case, you need save *nothing* for your room.
Period.
*holding up her hand* Nope, not open for discussion.
We've all been there, darling. Just enjoy. Please? You're coming to *my* state, and i wanna splurge a bit on you. Food will also be handled. Hey, you might have some spare money for a redwood souvenier this way! *grin*
When i visit YOUR place, you can splurge on me back, deal?
I don't drive to the Bay Area often at all, but we generally figure 2 hours to almost anywhere there - David? Input? - If we leave you with three, you should be fine. ((Thinking s'more on this: i've NO idea the traffic patterns there, so rush hour - which lasts many hours *here* - could mess up the timing. Input, David?)) We will be doing a LOT of driving these two days - it's five hours from here to the redwoods, and after that, you can continue driving thru them (another two hours or so brings you to Eureka, which is plenty far enuf north) or you can get out somewhere and stroll..... We'll likely do both.
So you're dropping the rental car off on the 5th? Hmmmm... perhaps you chould arrange to have it overnight til the 6th? Our local car rental place closes at 6:30 or so, which means you can't return a car later than that (how smart is that?? These sort of places really should have round-the-clock service...). With all the driving *back* from the redwoods, plus the few hours back to Palo Alto, i can't imagine making a 6:30 deadline....
I suppose.... *ponders s'more* ...we could do *all* our redwoods' viewing on the 4th, then drive back south some to a hotel.... so we'd be closer to here when we get up in the morning, eh? That would help with the hours on Tuesday. What say you?
We can phone RJ on Tuesday (more than once, if needed!) to confirm your times, if that would work. If we make this too tight, we'll muffle some of our enjoyment. (I tend to get over-anal about deadlines.... so i'm trying to keep that factor low.)
All in all, if we *do* get an early start Monday, we'll be fine for getting it all in. *grin*
Oh. Having rented a car not long ago, i learned something interesting! The insurance they encourage you to get, that adds $13.00 or whatever to your daily price? My own car insurance covered a rental (i called my insurance guy and asked him) so i did not need that extra money on there. Saved a bundle, considering how much we needed that car. It's worth checking into....
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In this particular case, you need save *nothing* for your room.
Period.
*holding up her hand* Nope, not open for discussion.
We've all been there, darling. Just enjoy. Please? You're coming to *my* state, and i wanna splurge a bit on you. Food will also be handled. Hey, you might have some spare money for a redwood souvenier this way! *grin*
When i visit YOUR place, you can splurge on me back, deal?
I don't drive to the Bay Area often at all, but we generally figure 2 hours to almost anywhere there - David? Input? - If we leave you with three, you should be fine. ((Thinking s'more on this: i've NO idea the traffic patterns there, so rush hour - which lasts many hours *here* - could mess up the timing. Input, David?)) We will be doing a LOT of driving these two days - it's five hours from here to the redwoods, and after that, you can continue driving thru them (another two hours or so brings you to Eureka, which is plenty far enuf north) or you can get out somewhere and stroll..... We'll likely do both.
So you're dropping the rental car off on the 5th? Hmmmm... perhaps you chould arrange to have it overnight til the 6th? Our local car rental place closes at 6:30 or so, which means you can't return a car later than that (how smart is that?? These sort of places really should have round-the-clock service...). With all the driving *back* from the redwoods, plus the few hours back to Palo Alto, i can't imagine making a 6:30 deadline....
I suppose.... *ponders s'more* ...we could do *all* our redwoods' viewing on the 4th, then drive back south some to a hotel.... so we'd be closer to here when we get up in the morning, eh? That would help with the hours on Tuesday. What say you?
We can phone RJ on Tuesday (more than once, if needed!) to confirm your times, if that would work. If we make this too tight, we'll muffle some of our enjoyment. (I tend to get over-anal about deadlines.... so i'm trying to keep that factor low.)
All in all, if we *do* get an early start Monday, we'll be fine for getting it all in. *grin*
Oh. Having rented a car not long ago, i learned something interesting! The insurance they encourage you to get, that adds $13.00 or whatever to your daily price? My own car insurance covered a rental (i called my insurance guy and asked him) so i did not need that extra money on there. Saved a bundle, considering how much we needed that car. It's worth checking into....