OK. Let me describe my situation and perhaps all together we can determine what we want to do
I have a Subaru station wagon. It seats 4 easily with room in the back for a small to moderate amount of cargo for each person. I had planned to leave a little early on Friday, but would be willing to stick around until 5 to pick Holly up after work. Would you need any time to get ready/pack/etc. after work or could we pick you up straight from work and get out of town ASAP?
I'm driving. That's 1.
I have a friend flying up from San Diego coming with me to the event. He doesn't have a lot of gear (he will be borrowing weapons/etc. from me). His flight will probably leave at 4:45 PM on Monday afternoon -- so to get him in time to have advance time at the airport, as well as pack everything up, we need to leave site NO LATER than 12 on Monday. So that's 2.
Chris Bishop needs a ride. That's 3.
It would indeed be better to carpool if it works for Holly. That's 4. So the seats are filled.
Cargo becomes a bit of an issue here, though. If everyone can live without icechests, it would help immensely. Similarly, if cargo can be bundled into less "spacious" containers (I don't really *need* my footlocker, it's just fun to have) (Holly, this means your gigantic chest), it would help immensely. We can then pack smaller individual items much more efficiently, and I don't forsee any problems in this case.
So if Holly and Chris can pack things up into duffel bags, smaller containers, etc. I think we can get everyone in and still be comfortable (uncomfortable = less fun!) -- sounds good to me. And the more the merrier after all
-Bryan