It's even worse.  I would have 2:20 to drive between Syracuse and Potsdam.
I'll just have to visit another time.

Erik

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 12:01 PM Erik Biever <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Sad news, the Clarkson vs Minnesota game is at 2:00 PM EDT.  That leaves
> only 2:40 between Amtrak arrival in Syracuse and gametime at Cheel Arena.
> It's just not going to work.  Maybe we'll get to Durham for the FF.
>
> Erik
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 9:22 PM John Edwards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2024, at 8:10 PM, Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> At 3-11-2024 06:57 PM, Erik Biever wrote:
>>
>> While researching travel options, I discovered a fun fact: it takes about
>> 14 hours to fly to Potsdam from Minneapolis-St Paul, whether your
>> destination is in New York or Germany.
>>
>>
>> You can fly to Potsdam, New York? Who knew? There is an airport there,
>> but the closest feasible one is probably Ogdensburg. (FSVO "feasible") It
>> may be faster to fly to Ottawa and drive.
>>
>>
>> I have driven past the Potsdam Airport, such as it is.  If you can get
>> David Parter to rent a Cessna, yes you could fly into there. Ogdensburg has
>> flights to Philadelphia via something called “Contour Airlines”. Cape Air
>> flies into Saranac Lake, although I’m not sure from where.
>>
>> Ottawa International would be about an hour and a half, as would
>> Montreal, but things might get weird if - as an American - you try to rent
>> a car in Canada and bring it back into the States. (The opposite is
>> certainly true for Canadians.)
>>
>> Sadly, while I would like to drive over to Potsdam this weekend, I have a
>> work trip to Saskatoon for the Canadian university women’s hockey
>> championship.
>>
>> John
>>
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