agent_lead 0 #101 April 25, 2008 Quote 7 minutes to Skydive Elsinore, 6 to Skydive Perris.... I usually jump at Elsinore, and goto Perris for the tunnel... but I drive ALOT for my job it that makes you feel any better cya, pcnut these 2 dropzones are that close to each other? thinking about hitting up some cali dz's this summer...-------------------------------------------- www.facebook.com/agentlead Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meteor 0 #102 April 25, 2008 92 miles door to door. Approx 1 hour 20 minutes. I've been making this drive for ten years and I don't give a hoot about gas prices, jump ticket prices, gear prices, rigger prices, etc. I get to jump out of a plane, freefall and land a parachute!!! I love this sport!!! I am NOT rich, just a working slob but there aren't alot of people who have as much fun as I do on the weekends!!! We have one guy who drives over 8 hours, past DZ's he doesn't like to jump with us!! And he is thrilled to do it!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dharma1976 0 #103 April 25, 2008 40 minutes...if I play nice with the other drivers 35 if I dont Dhttp://www.skyjunky.com CSpenceFLY - I can't believe the number of people willing to bet their life on someone else doing the right thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wojoe 0 #104 April 25, 2008 It used to be only about 5 mins when I was in NC but since I have moved to Wa it is now a 30-40 min trip one-way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beer 0 #105 April 27, 2008 I travel thru 3 states to jump. Granted, one of them is Rhode Island, which is less than 2.5 miles away. So, 48.1 mi door to door. ~ 40 min. There used to be one closer (10-15 min.) but they got shut down a few years ago. Learn to be happy. You can't be there for anybody else in life if you can't learn to be there for yourself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpechbre 0 #106 April 28, 2008 I drive an hour and a half from Santa Rosa, CA to Davis, CA. I really like the atmosphere at Skydance, it's worth the drive. Besides, the closest DZ is less than 20 minutes closer... It's ok for a day trip... but luckily my girlfriend lives in Davis so that saves a lot of miles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pcnut 0 #107 April 29, 2008 Quote Quote 7 minutes to Skydive Elsinore, 6 to Skydive Perris.... I usually jump at Elsinore, and goto Perris for the tunnel... but I drive ALOT for my job it that makes you feel any better cya, pcnut these 2 dropzones are that close to each other? thinking about hitting up some cali dz's this summer... Yes they are....about 15 minutes depending on which route and traffic.... I have never jumped at Perris though...just the wind tunnel..... but I will soon I have heard good things about Perris and I KNOW the people at Elsinore are extremely friendly and easy going.... Yesterday some of the AFF students/Instructor at Elsinore ran over to Perris for some tunnel time since the winds were to strong/turbulent for students...then they came back and got to jump later in the day when things calmed down... cya, pcnut Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kgreen41986 0 #108 April 29, 2008 I drive only about 30 min from my campus, however I know lots of jumpers from our dz that routinely drive well over 100 miles or who fly in from all around. 3 hours is a bit long, but if you like the dz it's worth it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scooterskydives 0 #109 May 2, 2008 I love it,,,,, I live just at the end of the runway... I duck through the barbed wire fence and walk down the runway. 5 minute walk If God wanted man to stay on the ground. He would of put roots on them instead of feet. loving life GO-N-UP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #110 May 2, 2008 14 hours flight time, ~~8000 miles, then a 2 hour drive... What do I win? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brucet7 0 #111 May 17, 2008 I know this is an old thread, but I got to thinking about it and just how fortunate I am. I was exploring DZs near my kids so I can jump when I visit them [Missouri but moving to San Jose soon, New Mexico and Oregon]. It was in terms of an hour or more from a couple of their houses. For me, I can look out my front window and see the sky above my DZ, in Washington that is important. I can hear the Twin Otter from my front porch and watch parachutes from my office window. I get a slow minute and a couple of bucks, a clearing sky and I can be bothering the Farringtons in 10 minutes or less and includes a trip to my house to get my stuff. Life is good.POPS #10623; SOS #1672 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
