If xnbomb and Moriar had come up with good arguments for some other place, would we be hearing from Beth about that place instead?
If there had been a really good argument that would have allowed us to end up at the Cascade Vortex, it most likely would have been written in. But the locations were set in advance. One of the joys of this medium, is the ability to be flexible with things like that. No. Once the pattern was established, we needed to stick to it like glue in order to end up at Cascade Vortex on 10/31.