Thorben wrote:
The GMAN wrote:
Thorben wrote:
How bad is traffic to / from LAX, especially on Sunday? It's my only option to fly non-stop on miles from Europe and LH just pushed my return flight to 3pm Sun after the race.It’s 6+ hour drive with no traffic. You will hit some traffic going through Vegas and you’ll certainly hit traffic once you get near LA. 3pm international flight means being at LAX by 1pm. Which means you’ll need to start driving from St. George to LA at 11pm/midnight on Sunday to give yourself a 7-8 hour buffer for the drive. That means you’ll get no sleep after being up for 20 hours with a difficult and hot ass race in between. Sounds horrible and potentially dangerous. Or you start driving once the race is over on Sunday and get a hotel near LAX. Also sounds horrible.
Thanks for your reply. Looks like all my options are awful, but I I try not to add another day away from the family and just use my return flight to sleep and recover. 7-8 hours of additional buffer sounds like a lot to me, but I’ve never experienced LA traffic.
I might split the difference and drive halfway after the race, find a hotel west of Vegas and drive the rest the next morning. Getting up early should not be a problem as I’m only flying in Wednesday and still be on like +5hrs come Sunday. Can you recommend places to look for a nights accommodation between Vegas and LA?
It wasn’t a 7-8 hour additional buffer with my timeline. That included the drive. So the extra buffer is really only 30-90 minutes since the drive is about 6.5 hours without a traffic issue.
There’s pretty much nothing between Vegas and LA. It’s a desert wasteland until you hit Barstow (which is two hours from LA). There could be some shitty roadside motels along I-15 between Vegas and Barstow but there is zero chance I’d stay in one. If you can make the 4+ hour drive from St. George to Barstow that might be your only “decent” option between Vegas and LA.
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