News flash!

Road Trip to Austin for The National Poetry Slam

12:00 AM, Fri, Jul 13 2007

Road trip to Austin for the 2007 National Slam Championships to help Denver defend its title.

Let's rep Denver and Slam in style, by roll-rolling down the highway with a vengeance in a 1975 MCI-8 party bus.  Driving through the night.  Keg in the back.  Beds for the weak of heart.  Pisser for the weak of stomach/bladder.  Poetry and music, love and happiness for all.  If you want to go, you gots ta let me know






Tentative schedule:


Leaving Boulder/Denver on 7/9/07 6 PM-ish

Arriving in Austin on 7/10 3PM-ish

Returning to Boulder/Denver on 7/12 or early morning on 7/13.

(times and dates are subject to change slightly based on Slam event schedule, and requests from road trippers).

email me with input on when you want to leave: dustin@thebasicsfund.org



Roundtrip miles: approx. 2000

2000 miles @ 5mpg = 400 Gallons::::(yes, 5mpg.  But, if we take enough people, we actually save gas, and thereby the Earth.  Additionally, teacher says that every time you carpool, a terrorist hugs a bunny)

400 Gallons x $3.2/Gallon = $1280

Keg cups and ice = $60 = $1340

Bus and driver fee= $500 (donated to The Basics Fund)

Total cost = $1840


Bus carries 18 comfortably (a relative term), sleeps 8.  Sleeping spots are first come first served.  

9    people = $204/person
10 people = $184/person
11 people = $168/person
12 people = $154/person
13 people = $142/person
14 people = $132/person
15 people = $123/person
16 people = $115/person
17 people = $109/person
18 people = $102/person