If I fly, I may be able to bring my 3/4 size Ibanez. It can fit in the overhead compartment in a plane. I'm hesitant to check a guitar now, since airlines won't insure them (without substantial extra cost) and now they won't let you lock the case, either.

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of driving to the Gathering site (east of I-5, near Red Bluff?), then driving to the Bay Area afterwards and flying to and from San Diego from there. That way I could bring a sleeping bag and other stuff I'd need for "roughing it."

Yes, Nicole, I mean the Alameda in the Bay Area. Santa Rosa LOOKs a good deal closer. It isn't? ('Course, it depends on whether you wanna take the mountain roads or the flatter roads.)

Genie