car pool

I notice that there is a Drupal Meetup this thursday in Vancouver/Surrey.

You can see the meetup notice here:

http://www.meetup.com/surrey-drupal/events/14698917/

I wonder if there is any interest in going up to events like this in Vancouver or going down to Drupal events in Seattle from time to time?

Any thoughts on how we might step up the conversation about drupal a bit thru cross fertilization/

I live in the commerce, mi area and was wondering if anyone lives around this area that I can car pool with to the meetings. I have a 1980 CJ-7 Jeep so it's not very trustworthy for driving for distances. I would be willing to pay for gas, it's just I don't want to drive down there and have my jeep crap out on me.