by sutherland | Jun 30, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, driving, hotel
Miles MPG Avg Speed Today 756 43.6 64 Food (today/budget) Hotel (today/budget) AAA Savings $45.40/$50 $104.80/$50 $6 Today was all about the driving. I picked Aryn up at 10:00 and we were driving by 10:30. Plans have already changed a little, because she’s riding...
by sutherland | Jun 21, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, sponsor
We’ll be using Priceline and BiddingForTravel for most hotel stays during the trip. Bidding For Travel is a forum with tips for successfully bidding on Priceline, as well as postings of successful and unsuccessful bids. For stops between destinations, we’ll likely...
by sutherland | Jun 14, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, sponsor
The girl-child says she wants to hike the Grand Canyon … by which, she means more than walking twenty feet out onto the overlook and saying, “Yep, that’s a big hole, let’s head for Vegas.” This trip is going to be in July. The Grand Canyon, in case you weren’t aware,...
by sutherland | Jun 9, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, Uncategorized
Proving that there is simply nothing I’m not willing to sell in trying to find an actual, official corporate sponsor for this trip, I will be making the entire trip – 24 days, 25 states, 8000 miles, 129 hours of driving, hiking the Grand Canyon, walking the Vegas...
by sutherland | Jun 9, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, sponsor
As with my kayak trips, we’ll be tracking hikes and walking with the Garmin eTrex 20. The Garmin Basecamp software will handle editing the GPS track to remove the crap that shows up because I forget to turn it off or reset the track before starting. Basecamp will...