I realize everyone's circumstances are different, currently where i live the price of gas is about 4.20...last year it was running about 3.20, for me that would be like 16 bucks more (I can do York on a single tank). Since York is what they call discretionary spending, going or not going obviously depends on the total picture. For me going to York is one of my few big expenses (of the discretionary sort), I don't really take vacations, I don't drive to work long distances like some people have to , so the extra cost of gas or the hotel room doesn't change much for me, for others it can make a difference and i can understand that (and yes, general inflation isn't helping either).
I am looking forward to it, I enjoyed going in the fall and look forward to the April meet. Met some good people and had a blast walking around and just being immersed in trains that way (kind of like forest bathing, only with trains; fortunately didn't run into crop dusters and the smelly old men contingent much *lol*). Plus it gets me out of the house, my cat tells me he needs a break from having to share his house with me, so there is that.
