Review–The Magic Underwear

I was skeptical, but the things actually work well.Twenty-nine days, through some of the hottest parts of the country at the hottest time of year. Vegas at 110-degrees and hiking the Grand Canyon were the biggest tests and the Magic Underwear performed flawlessly. It...

Review–Toyota Prius

Well … after driving over 9700 miles in 28 days, I think I can now offer an opinion about the Toyota Prius. The gas mileage is obviously its most outstanding feature, averaging 46.8 mpg over the 9700 miles.  This is lower than the advertised 50 mpg, but I didn’t...

Trip Summary

This trip was amazing.  Every day was incredibly full of things to do and see.  On the ride home it seemed like we’d only just started and that we’d been on the road forever.  The Painted Desert seemed like it was months ago. Once we crossed back into...

Day 21.5–Finally the paddle pictures

Home at last and able to get the paddling photos off the CD from Yellowstone, Day 21. For the paddle, we met at the outfitter’s store in downtown Gardiner, then shuttled to the put-in which was about three blocks away – then we had to portage the raft down to the...

Days 26-29–And Done!

  Miles MPG Avg. Speed Since Day 25 1632.1 47.8 54 Trip 9717.7 46.8 49 Day Food (today/budget) Hotel (today/budget) Trip Savings 26 $22 / $206 $55 / $75 AAA – $66PriceLine – $1119Real $$ – $186 27 $45 / $234 $45 / $75 AAA – $66PriceLine – $1243Real $$...