[Ansteorra] comments on Western Region problem

[estarkey at camalott.com]

Abilene to San Angelo 91 miles (Trelac)
Abilene to Big Spring  107 miles (Crossrode Keep)
Abilene to Odessa 170 miles (Blacklake)
Abilene to Midland 148 miles (Blacklake)
Abilene to Lubbock 165 miles (Bonwicke)
Abilene to Amarillo 269 miles (Adlersrhue)
Abilene to Borger 282 miles (Am Loch)

Source, randmcnally.com

Midland/Odessa are about 30 miles apart on I-20, Big Spring is about an hour 
east on i-20, and abilene is another hour and a half further east.  From 
Sweetwater (where I-20 hooks up to 84 going toward Lubbock, about an hour 
from both Big Spring and Abilene, it's about a 2 hour drive.  you can cut 
off a bit taking 87 out of Big Spring going to Lubbock for those folks. 
Amarillo is about an hour and a half drive north on I-27 from Lubbock, and 
Borger a bit further up.  Not the distances people really want or can afford 
to drive once or twice a week at $3.00 a gallon for gas, let alone late on a 
weekday when you have to get up at 6 to go to work the next day.

Ryah, Mendersham.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rose & Chad" <love at roseandchad.net>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] comments on Western Region problem


> I'm hearing alot about this distance thing... What kind of distances are 
> we talking about here? We have members that come in from Altus, which is 
> about an hour away... But they don't get to come to every weekly meeting 
> and most of the later-in-the-evening one are kinda out since they have to 
> include drive time back home... Just kinda curious...
>
>  R the O
>
> Paul DeLisle <ferretpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>  The essence of this "breeding ground" is the local groups. If the number 
> of
> "local groups" is reduced to two, the distances involved to "belong" to a
> group are simply too far for any reasonable person to consider travelling
> regularly.
>
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