Lodging While Attending Fort Leonard Wood Bct Graduation (St. Louis, Springfield: hotels, home)

[californiaarmymom]

MY SON WILL BE GRADUATING IN LATE JANUARY 2007.

sorry for the caps. i can only use one hand to type, as i have broken both yhe bones in my arm at the wrist. what we are looking ia affordable, meger accomidations for the last week and or the first week of march. our son has injured his knees during training this is why the date is not for sure.
we will be traveling from california to attend.
we are both veteran's and maybe driving in able to afford the trip.
there have been some suggestions sent thru our son, printed by the ARMY, but we just gon't know the area and weather condioions for that time frame.

are there any suggestions, possibly from other family that has been thru this?
thank you for your help in adance!

[Versatile]

It is possible to get a late snowstorm during the first two weeks of March. Most likely you will get a motel in Rolla. Give me some info on what the Army says and i wil try to help more.

[lacyelet]

My husband graduated from Ft Leonrad wood. Its not a big town, but it has what you need to get through the weekend. There are plenty of hotels/motels there that I dont think you would need to stay in Rolla. I was just through there this weekend. As for the weather, you never know whats going to happen around here, I feel like your just better off not knowing what they are predicting and just rolling with it.

Good Luck, Im sure youll have a good time

[Darren Stewart]

There are plenty of hotels in and around St Robert and Waynesville which is right off base, do not go to Rolla, which is about 30 minutes up I44 you should be able to stay in one in ST Robert or WAynesville but I would book now graduation weeks the hotels can fill up. Should be able to do a hotel search on google for St Robert or Waynesville hotels.

Since you both are veterans you might check with the military about taking a hop to FT Wood and fly, not sure if they still do this or not but when my father was in the military in the 80s flights were provided cheap to vets by some of the military planes. You might check with some of the bases that would be close to you to see if this is still provided.

My father served for 20 years in the army, we lived 6 of those on base at Ft Wood, I have alot of respect for those men and women in the military, tell your son thanks for serving our nation.

God Bless

[edmundo]

Im proud of my son,, hes grad when this month in the 25 to 26 january 2007, it was nice when, i see my son happy to finish hes training ,,and hes company, all the tour form the army base was great and real clean complex,,thanks for all the soldier's to keep this complex nice and welcome, weather was cold and great,,and the hotel's in town clean ,,,well thanks.for the pass, and the trip back home long hrs but full of happines to see my son diferent and happy,,and lots of changes on hem like real men,, great felling ,, to my son thank you for bit, all u do in u trainnig and god bless, u sweet heart, stay healty and safe keep learning , thanks for be ,,,,,,ARMY,,,,,, SON,,,,,,,, GOD BLESS US ,,, thanks all for this forum atte ' edmundo 1 ....dad

[springdale]

We will also be going to graduation in January. WE have no idea where to fly in to. It is a 13-14 hour drive for us and I am not sure that is a good time of year to tackle that. When I checked prices to fly in to Springfield, they were almost $500.00 per person. My son is flying home for Christmas and is flying out of St. Louis. Does anyone know how far a drive this is? The tickets are $200. cheaper this way. Does the army give you information, and if so, how do you access it?

[northbayeric]

Originally Posted by springdale

We will also be going to graduation in January. WE have no idea where to fly in to. It is a 13-14 hour drive for us and I am not sure that is a good time of year to tackle that. When I checked prices to fly in to Springfield, they were almost $500.00 per person. My son is flying home for Christmas and is flying out of St. Louis. Does anyone know how far a drive this is? The tickets are $200. cheaper this way. Does the army give you information, and if so, how do you access it?

Do you mean the distance from St. Louis to Fort Leonard Wood? It's about 140 to 150 miles, and it's a nice drive along I-44. From Springfield it's still about 80 miles or so. Save the $200 per ticket, for sure. Hope this helps!

[ShadowCaver]

There is a smallish airport at FtLW - might check to see what the price to fly directly there might be; could save the gas and rental, plus your time. Where are you flying from? As NBEric says, it is indeed a pleasant drive from StL airport to Fort Lost in The Woods - just at times there could be issues due to accidents, weather, etc. If do fly into StL, have a MO state hiway map with ya, so have idea of where to bugger off of the interstate in times of need, rest, food, etc. Also, and most importantly, best wishes to your family, and your son.

ps: I am guessing that you have seen this site: http://www.fortleonardwood.net/
BTW, the FAA code for the Forney airport is TBN

Oh, for info on driving in MO during winter, here are couple sites with some info:
MoDOT Traveler Information Map
or
MO Winter Road Conditions

[amykat1013]

My fiance is going to be in basic training at Ft. Leonard wood. He graduates from BCT in December. What is there to see sight wise while we are there i wont to actually see missouri instead of just going there for graduation and driving back.