June 2 and 3rd, 2009 SMX Advanced is taking place in Seattle, and a few people from Portland are going to be taking Amtrak up, and leave the driving to them.
What’s a good place to meet on the train? Hey, I know, how about the lounge car?
As Ben LLoyd current President of SEMpdx puts it –
For those who plan on attending SMX Advanced and can swing the schedule – the SearchCommander & I are planning on taking the train to/from SMX Advanced. Thought I’d let you know in case you want to join the party! 🙂
Amtrak is pretty great – assuming there’s no traffic, it takes maybe an extra half an hour to get to/from Seattle – but you don’t have to sit in traffic, you can drink beers, watch movies, read a book, whatever. (though – some of you may do that while making the drive anyway) And you get dropped off right in the middle of downtown.
For less than $60 – it’s pretty great and you can chuckle at our friends who drive to ‘save time’ or who end up getting a speeding ticket.
Here’s the info so you can book the same if you like. We’re going up early enough to hit any dinners/parties the night before.
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Portland, OR (PDX) to Seattle, WA (SEA)
01-JUN-09; 2:50 pm – 01-JUN-09; 6:20 pm
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Service: 516 Cascades
Duration: 3h 30m
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Portland, OR (PDX)
01-JUN-09; 2:50 pm
<Arrives>
Seattle, WA (SEA)
01-JUN-09; 6:20 pm
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Seattle, WA (SEA) to Portland, OR (PDX)
03-JUN-09; 5:30 pm – 03-JUN-09; 9:00 pm
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Service: 509 Cascades
Duration: 3h 30m
<Departs>
Seattle, WA (SEA)
03-JUN-09; 5:30 pm
<Arrives>
Portland, OR (PDX)
03-JUN-09; 9:00 pm
Scott Hendison is the CEO of Search Commander, Inc. and a recovering affiliate marketer. He is also one of the founding board members of SEMpdx. Find out more about him at his website, SearchCommander.com.
But you can’t stop at Supermall on the way up :.)
This is true Todd – there are some trade offs I suppose. 🙂
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For me, missing Supermall is no big deal, but I always stop at Fatburger in Federal Way! Bummer – oh well, I don’t really NEED an 1150 calorie burger…
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With that arrival time and unpacking at the hotel you will miss the Meet & Greet party at the Odyssey which ends at 7:30pm.
See you at SMX Advanced!
,Michael Martin
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I think that with a 6:20 arrival time, I should still be able to make the 7:30 Meet & Greet with no problem, and last year it went for three hours anyway…
don’t you worry Michael – if there’s two guys who can make it to a party, it’s me & Scott.
I also setup this post Meet & Greet party at Cyclops – https://smxadvanced09.smxconnect.com/posts/4665196
,Michael Martin
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Perfect (Scott – that is the bar that’s downstairs at our hotel)