<p>Yikes! That is very expensive. Most of the bass players I know actually take a train to Aspen or drive (and I mean from the East coast.)
[edit: somehow I didn’t notice your third paragraph which means my suggestion has already been thought of.]</p>
<p>Perhaps your son could query his bass studio and see if anyone is driving through Denver and could coordinate picking him up (that is of course if they have a van themselves or something large. Or perhaps someone who is driving from Denver who has a car and a <em>smaller</em> instrument could help out.) Another solution, which you have probably already considered, would be flying out with him and renting a vehicle to drive to Aspen, but of course that might end up being even more expensive, since you’re need to do it on the return flight as well. On the other hand, you would get to go to Aspen twice.</p>
<p>–Unrelated: this is my 1000th post, and now I am a senior member. Just watched the ticker turn over. 
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