Keep the advice coming, I can use all of it. How long would it take to get from LA to SD by train? I'd like to meet Amos but I only have one weekend to see either LA or SD.

open mike, it isn't boot camp but it is training. However there should be minimal homework and I should have plenty of time to see the sights and meet people. I doubt if I can find a flight case for my guitar before then so I may have to go without for two weeks.