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Metro DC to Greenbelt:
$2.30
Bus to BWI w/transfer
$2.10
Southwest RT flight BWI to Manchester
$235.30
Budget Rental Car for 4 days
$107.78
National Rental Car for 2 days (weather cancelled flight)
$65.71
Accomodations courtesy of JW
N/C
Bus to Greenbelt
$3.00
Metro Greenbelt to DC
$2.30
$419.49
Metro DC to Greenbelt:
$2.30
Bus to BWI w/transfer
$2.10
Southwest RT flight BWI to Kansas City
$152.20
Enterprise Rental Car + ins. and gas
$67.06
Kansas Turnpike ($2.00 each way)
$4.00
Motel 6 Topeka NW
$38.79
Bus to Greenbelt
$3.00
Metro Greenbelt to DC
$2.30
$271.75
.
Metro to Union Station and return ($1.35 each way)
$2.70
Greyhound Bus RT from Washington DC to Boston South Station
$92.00
Bus RT from Boston South Station to Manchester bus terminal 
$20.00
Taxi from bus terminal to Manchester Airport (no buses running)
$15.00
Enterprise Rental car 1 day
$39.42
Accomodations courtesy of JW
N/C
Taxi from Manchester Airport to bus terminal
$15.00
$184.12
.
NWA from Cedar Rapids-Eastern Iowa to Washington National
$180.20
National Rental Car from DSM Airport to Cedar Rapids-Eastern Iowa Airport + ins. 
$122.37
$302.57
.
Enterprise Rental Car + ins. for 3 days
$181.14
Travel Inn in Columbus (not recommended!)
$35.00
Motel 6 in Columbus
$39.68
.
Iowa + Chicago for DNC Meeting  
Enterprise Rental Car + ins. from Midway in Chicago
$315.81
Gas (very expensive)
-Kum & Go Eldora IA 
$  20.09
-QT 534 Des Moines IA 
$  27.90
-BulkK Citgo Des Moines IA 
$  20.01
-Amoco Oil Davenport IA
 $  39.23
-Rand-Central Mt. Prospect, IL (9.789 g unlead at 3.189/g)
$  31.22
Motel 6 Palatine IL 
$   44.39

 


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