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Nakoichi [they/them] @hexbear.net

Comrades I need help.

Tomorrow at about 1pm I am going to be in Seattle with no ride home and no ride to my destination (Pine Ridge). One way or another I am getting there, even if it means buying another plane ticket. If I do not have to pay for half the rental car that means I have an extra $1300 for my travel budget.

So my question is, can anyone help me get to Pine Ridge in South Dakota from Seattle in 5 days, I am not an experienced traveler and don't have a drivers license.

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  • Wish I could but I'm across the fucking pond 💀💀💀

    • So far my plan is:

      Visit the Lenin statue

      ???

      Get to South Dakota.

      I may not be an experienced traveler but I am a very experienced outdoorsman. I have a tent and I 0 degree rated sleeping bag. I will get there one way or another.

  • There are flights from Seattle to Scottsbluff Nebraska for less than $200, and then a bus from there to Pine Ridge for $50

    Also flights to Alliance, NE. But you might have to wait a little longer for tickets below $200

  • Update: I volunteered to take a later flight as they were booked and the airline gave me $600.

    Which was twice the cost of my ticket

  • A lot of things become a lot easier if you can get picked up from Rapid City or Hot Springs.

    A one-way trip by plane from Seattle to Rapid City on this short of timeframe is looking like upwards of $400.

    Amtrak can get you within 300 miles, to Williston ND, where there's a good amount of traffic going north/south to western SD.

    You may have to hitchhike after that. I've never done this but I know a handful of people who have, and that part of the country intuitively feels like the best place to have an adventure like that.

  • Let me know if there's any sort of paint or defacing on Lenins statue so I can pass the message onto my folks down there whether it needs cleaning again or not.

    Seattle tips: public bathrooms are near non-existent in Seattle as far as my tour down there concluded. The light rail system is a great money saver in the places it runs, otherwise public transport is alright when needed, just gotta research ahead of time. Water can be expensive there. Greyhound or amtrak are your best bet for travel out of the state but you should've been looking up their timetables beforehand to try and catch one that lines up best with your timeframe.

    • Yeah I literally just found out about the car rental falling through last night when I made the post.

      • Ah well if you'll be using a car to drive there, I'm no expert on the route but the I-90 should be the route of choice.

        Edit lack of reading skills in the early morning. Woly has the best suggestion out of us.

        Also make sure to carry at least two-three days of supplies in terms of water and light food (like 3-4 liters of water and a bag of granola) just in case anything happens while you're in bumfuck no-signalsville, double check distances between gas stations on your route there to ensure you're always topped off to get there, take breaks every 3-5 hours to stop and stretch the legs, and make sure to have plenty to talk about because it'll be a long drive.

        Edit: take from the second paragraph what sounds useful since its not necessarily a roadtrip lol

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