The National

[autograf]

I'm in Louisville, so we gotta Travel wherever it goes. It is more expensive to travel to West Coast for us. Typically, it's a 5 hour drive to Chicago or Cleveland from here, so those are great locations. Baltimore is a cheap plane ticket on Southwest $175-$200 from here and you can train it from the airport to the Inner Harbor for $10 or less without having to get a car. West coast show would cost $400-$500 plane ticket plus car for a week.....another $300-$400. I've been to every National since Atlanta 1992, so I'm going wherever it is.....hopefully. It just cuts down on what I can spend a little due to other expenses. One of my National buddies and I took our wives to Anaheim in 2006 and it was a great trip (but cost even MORE!). They could replace Cleveland....not much fun there anymore! I did like Baltimore last time and am looking forward to next week.......

[nolemmings]

Vegas would be an absolute blast. Otherwise San Diego is far and away the best pick IMO, since they seem to insist on holding the Convention the first week in August, when it is ridiculously hot here in Phoenix (Vegas too but who cares) and maybe too warm in LA. The Bay area would work too but it seems if you want guaranteed great weather with alternate things to do San Diego would work best. Denver might work, and I think centrally-located Kansas City would be great too--a really clean and fun city with of course great music and BBQ.