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...
by sutherland | Jun 8, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, Uncategorized
Amazon could almost be an official sponsor. As an Amazon Affiliate, Amazon gives us a percentage of anything purchased through links from this site. We’re purchasing most of the new items for this trip from Amazon and are using CamelCamelCamel.com to watch Amazon’s...
by sutherland | Jun 8, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, sponsor
http://www.toyota.com/prius-hybrid/trims-prices.html Obviously the car that started this insanity is the most important piece of equipment. Toyota should definitely get on-board with sponsoring this trip. MapQuest is currently estimating the fuel costs at around...
by sutherland | Jun 8, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, sponsor
Being an inveterate capitalist, I’ve decided to open the Jackson 2012 Graduation Road Trip up to corporate sponsors. Sadly, I don’t have any actual connections to get the sponsorships up front, so this’ll be on spec. Over the course of the next twenty or so days...