Saturday, July 15, 2006

Day 25: The Long Haul

Today we drove a very long time from San Francisco to Death Valley. We had to scrap the Napa plans because we plotted out our time and we found we just do not have enough to cover everything we wanted. This is a little bit a shot to our moral, but thats what we have to deal with. Instead we'll boost it by staying in Montana a few days and from some R&R. I think the road is finally getting to us.

Alie and I are both looking foward to Maggie's wedding of course and Visting Alie's grandparants but the drives to get to these places are starting to weigh on us. We figured we will have to do a few more long days to cover the ground we need to, this constant need to be moving east is a little trying. I would like to remain in one place longer then a day or two soon but that does not seem to be in the cards until Montana. Add some slight homesickness to it and well its harder to gain back the momentum we had on our way out. Again this is not due to our destinations its just the driving through nothing.

Side note: our country will not run out of land for a while. There is tons of nothing all over the place so if we ever need its there.

Anyways we got out here and that was an accomplishment we persevered through long nights of driving car malfunctions and the like, but we made it. Now we have to do the same thing but have been on the road for 25 days and nothing having as many interesting places to stay once we pass Montana and before we get to Chi-Town. So in the end I guess what i'm trying to say is that the road is hard, but the experiences we are having are certainly worth it. Thank you again to our parents for enabling this trip of a life time.

Now for some stats:

Still 35% of the country.
Distance Travelled: 505.5mi
Moving Average: 68.2
Overall Average: 31,7mph
Moving Time: 7h 24m
Stopped: 8h 30m Accidently left the GPS in the car when we got to our hotel
Total Time: 15h 55m
Wrong Turns: 1
Distance to go: We are getting there either via the hare's route or the tortoises

PS I've seem to have left my power block for my external hard drive at out previous hotel. (Yes this was very dumb of me. I blame myself for not doing an idiot check like we usually do and lack of sleep. Alas) Tomorrow I'll call them and see if they have it and can ship it to Alie's Grand Parent's house.

What that means for me right now? I can only store 10 more gigs of pictures on my computer. Really only about 7-8 safely. When I average 1 gig a day, I end up a little short. Also I cannot access any pictures from the wedding till yesterday until I get the power block back or I buy a new one. I'll keep you all posted