I live in NW Louisiana and don't have a problem traveling to SQL Saturday.

This year I drove to:

Nashville(560 miles)

Atlanta(595 miles)

Pensacola(463 miles)

Houston(241 miles).

I will drive to Baton Rouge( 261 miles ) next week, San Antonio (413 miles) the following week and Oklahoma City (390 miles) the last week of August.

Dallas ( 210 miles ) in September!

SQL Saturday is well worth the drive and money for what I get out of it!

Mind you I am a JR Database Administrator and still climbing the ladder, but the quality of sessions and networking make it worth it!

Baton Rouge next week! SQL Server and Jambalaya!

Not a speaker.