How far have you gone for faire?

[Jared Thorne]

I think that the farthest I drove to go to faire was in 2001, when I drove 500 miles (8 hours) to attend GaRF. Got off of work Saturday morning (working nights back then), drove down to Georgia from northern Kentucky, went to faire on Sunday, and then drove home after faire. I think I got home around 3am, which made me glad that I didn't have to get up in the morning. I also attended MiRF 5 of the 7 weekends that year, which was about 600 miles round trip.

[Plug]

Would have to say Kenosha Wisconsin, to the Bristol Renaissance Faire.   I am hoping to drive to Colorado this year, if the price of gas drops some. 

[Alarick]

When I was living in Hawaii I traveled about 4,230 miles (each way) to go to Scarborough.
Granted Scarborough was not the only reason for the trip, but it still counts right? 

This year it'll only be about 1,200 miles each way from SE Florida.

[Merlin the Elder]

Alarick, huh? I think you might be some kind of a smart alarick .. heheh... just teasing.      We may have a winner here...

[Dinobabe]

We did a whirl wind trip and I managed to tack on a stop to the GA ren faire.  Starting outside of Memphis, TN we went to Oneida, TN for genealogy research, several nights in Gordonsville, VA for historical tours and a NASCAR race in Richmond, two nights at Williamsburg (the buffet was AWESOME!), two nights near Mooresville, NC for NASCAR tours, and quick swing thru GA for a couple hours at fest!  Got to see Tartanic for the first time, too!

[meauho]

I'm not sure you can really say that I went the full way just for the faire...
I was flying from Anchorage, Alaska to San Antonio, Texas, and detoured to stop by the Renaissance Pleasure Faire just outside of Los Angeles, California.

Anchorage to LA: 2,500 mi (approx)
The detour was actually Seattle - LA - Dallas (instead of Seattle - Dallas), and only added about 550 air miles, 100 driving miles, and 2 days to the trip.

[The Lady Mercedes]

Well, as RPF is the closest faire to me (as well as the easiest to get to, I need a cab to & from the last bus stop for Escondido & Koroneburg & let's just forget Big Bear & Palm Springs lol. Not sure about Ventura for Into A New World, have to check it out, but still a looong way by bus), and I don't drive, I have to take 4 buses from Huntington Beach to Irwindale which takes, w/walk & wait time, around 2 & 1/2 hrs.

[Nailin]

Flew Phoenix to Maryland for MDRF in 07'
Flew Raleigh to Ohio for ORF in 08'

From Raleigh, NC the longest drive was to BARF, Tampa FL at least 585 miles
The second was Raleigh, NC to Pittsburgh,PA at 330 miles

[The Lady Mercedes]

This is why I'm bad at math: a little after 6:06a-a bit less than 10:36a (plus walk & wait time) is around 4 hrs   lol

[balletboot]

Drove from NYC to Pittsburgh. It was a blast -- about 7 hours each way.

[Cofeeguru]

Drove from MN to TRF and back...twice.  Also had the worst road trip ever during the first jaunt.

[maeven]

My husband and I have gone to the majority of the faires in Texas and they are all about 4-5 hours away from us. With the exception of TRF, Sherwood would be the shortest drive with about 3 hours. The longest was probably Middlefaire. That drive was about 6 hours for us. Maybe next year we will take the plunge and head out of state to check out another faire!

[angusmacinnes]

2896 roundtrip to and from PaRenFaire. 

[Merlin the Elder]

third base...

[Lady Kett]

A coworker of mine from Edmonton, Alberta who was in town came with us to Scarby last weekend. That's 2178 miles according to Yahoo Maps!