Kona Meeting
November 6-11, 2023

Tentative as of 2023-02-18

Plan A, Southwest Chief via Chicago both ways

Trip
Day		 Week
-day		 Date Conveyance From To Accommodation
Nbr. Name When Where When Where
0 Th 2 302 Lincoln Service 06:40 St. Louis 12:05 Chicago Biz. Class
3 Southwest Chief 14:50 Chicago   Bedroom
1 Fr 3 On the Train
2 Sa 4   08:00 Los Angeles
770 Pacific Surfliner 10:10 Los Angeles 13:07 San Diego Unreserved
Coach
572 11:10 14:07
 Spend the night
3 Su 5 889 Alaska Airlines 09:05 San Diego 13:01 Kona First Class
 Begin six nights in Kailua-Kona
4–9 Mo – Sa  WG21 meetings
9 Sa 11  Meeting ends around noon – gotta leave early!
[taxi] 10:50 [hotel] 11:10 [airport] –
894 Alaska Airlines 13:10 Kona 20:30 San Diego First Class
 Spend the night
10 Su 12 581 Pacific Surfliner 14:01 San Diego 16:57 Los Angeles Biz. Class
4 Southwest Chief 17:55 Los Angeles   Bedroom
11 Mo 13 On the Train
12 Tu 14   14:50 Chicago
 Spend the night at the Holiday Inn
13 We 15 319 Lincoln Service 09:30 Chicago 14:50 St. Louis Biz. Class
Or if I can get a decent supper on the Eagle by then
21 Texas Eagle 13:45 Chicago 19:13 St. Louis Roomette

Plan B, as above, but drive to Galesburg instead, ca. 300 mi. all Interstate.
3 departs at 17:26; 4 arrives at 11:48.

Plan C, take the Chief westbound and the Zephyr eastbound
if I think Alaska Airlines’ departure time from Kona is too early.
(Driving between St. Louis and Galesburg is also shown.)

Trip
Day		 Week
-day		 Date Conveyance From To Accommodation
Nbr. Name When Where When Where
0 Th 2 [my car] 13:00 St. Louis 17:00 Galesburg –
3 Southwest Chief 17:26 Galesburg   Bedroom
1 Fr 3 On the Train
2 Sa 4   08:00 Los Angeles
770 Pacific Surfliner 10:10 Los Angeles 13:07 San Diego Unreserved
Coach
572 11:10 14:07
 Spend the night
3 Su 5 889 Alaska Airlines 09:05 San Diego 13:01 Kona First Class
 Begin six nights in Kailua-Kona
4–9 Mo – Sa  WG21 meetings
9 Sa 11  Meeting ends around noon
[taxi] 14:00 [hotel] 14:20 [airport] –
435 United Airlines 16:19 Kona 23:35 San Francisco First Class
 Spend the night
10 Su 12 6 California Zephyr 09:10 Emeryville   Bedroom
11 Mo 13 On the Train
12 Tu 14   11:41 Galesburg
[my car] – Galesburg – St. Louis –

Plan D, take the Texas Eagle westbound if I think the food is survivable east of San Antonio.
Return on the Zephyr like Plan C, but all the way to Chicago and spend the night like Plan A.

This requires departing St. Louis two days earlier, and arriving in Los Angeles one day earlier,
but that’s OK because I’d want to allow an extra day anyway in case 421 is really really late.

Trip
Day		 Week
-day		 Date Conveyance From To Accommodation
Nbr. Name When Where When Where
0 Tu 10-31 421 Texas Eagle 19:55 St. Louis   Bedroom
1–2 We – Th On the Train
3 Fr 11-3   05:35 Los Angeles
564 Pacific Surfliner 07:10 Los Angeles 10:04 San Diego Unreserved
Coach
770 10:10 13:07
774 12:10 15:04
784 17:10 20:04
 Begin two nights in San Diego
4 Sa 11-4  Hang out
5 Su 11-5 889 Alaska Airlines 09:05 San Diego 13:01 Kona First Class
 Begin six nights in Kailua-Kona
6–11 Mo – Sa  WG21 meetings
11 Sa 11-11  Meeting ends around noon
[taxi] 14:00 [hotel] 14:20 [airport] –
435 United Airlines 16:19 Kona 23:35 San Francisco First Class
 Spend the night
12 Su 11-12 6 California Zephyr 09:10 Emeryville   Bedroom
13 Mo 11-13 On the Train
14 Tu 11-14   14:50 Chicago
 Spend the night at the Holiday Inn
15 We 11-15 319 Lincoln Service 09:30 Chicago 14:50 St. Louis Biz. Class

Plan E, take the Zephyr both ways.

Trip
Day		 Week
-day		 Date Conveyance From To Accommodation
Nbr. Name When Where When Where
0 Th 2 302 Lincoln Service 06:40−6 St. Louis 12:05−6 Chicago Biz. Class
5 California
Zephyr		 14:00−6 Chicago   Bedroom
1 Fr 3 On the Train
2 Sa 4   16:10−8 Emeryville
[taxi] – [station] – [hotel] –
 Spend the night near the airport
3 Su 5 694 United Airlines 11:25−6 San Francisco 14:48−10 Kona First Class
 Begin six nights in Kailua-Kona
4–9 Mo – Sa  WG21 meetings
9 Sa 11  Meeting ends around noon
[taxi] 14:00−10 [hotel] 14:20−10 [airport] –
435 United Airlines 16:19−10 Kona 23:35−8 San Francisco First Class
 Spend the night near the airport
10 Su 12 [taxi] 07:45−8 [hotel] 08:30−8 [station] –
6 California
Zephyr		 09:10−8 Emeryville   Bedroom
11 Mo 13 On the Train
12 Tu 14   14:50−6 Chicago
 Spend the night at the Holiday Inn
13 We 15 319 Lincoln Service 09:30−6 Chicago 14:50−6 St. Louis Biz. Class