Okay, cool. Good coincidence.
Well, let's see... The last time I went up to Portland, it cost about $20 in gas for a two-way trip...divide that by the number of passengers. However since you're a lot closer to Portland than I am, I'd knock off half of your share.
So, how's $5 sound? It'll be less than that if I get more passengers, and I'm certainly going to try to do so.
By the way, if your parents get at all antsy about this, let me know, and I can arrange to meet them for a coffee break or something while we're in Salem. It might also help to mention that I'm staff, since I'm technically registered on the staff list.
EDIT: Okay, why is it that after a whole life spent living in the Pacific Northwest, I
still mix up the names of the cities Seattle and Salem?... >_<;
Anyway, yeah. Typo fixed...