Posted in India, Nepal, Tibet on Oct 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Two years ago today, after three days of trekking through the Nepali wilderness, Kim and I took a spectacular mountain view flight from Pokhara back to Kathmandu for our last day in Nepal.
Looking back on that now, I remember of course the frustration we had with our guide, but it is far enough away [...]
Posted in Mongolia, Travel on Oct 16th, 2009 No Comments »
I have mentioned in previous posts about our interest in traveling to Mongolia next. Well, we are excited to announce that we now have a plan to get there. Next summer we are going on the Mongol Rally!
The Mongol Rally is a 10,000 mile adventure from London to Ulaan Baatar in a tiny [...]
Posted in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Travel, Utah, Washington, Wyoming on Sep 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Seattle to Albuquerque round trip route, 3841.1 miles in 7 days and 3 hours, from GPS track:
Posted in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Travel, Utah, Washington, Wyoming on Sep 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
So here is a breakdown of how well we did gas-wise on the trip.
Seattle to Albuquerque, including driving around Yellowstone, was 2063.4 miles.
Albuquerque to Seattle, via the Grand Canyon, was 1777.7 miles.
Total distance round trip was 3841.1 miles.
We made 14 stops for gas with an average distance of 274 miles between stops.
Average fill up was [...]
Posted in Idaho, Oregon, Travel, Utah, Washington on Sep 1st, 2009 No Comments »
Woke up at the crack of dawn this morning and left Salt Lake City, destination: Home (Seattle). Fourteen and a half hours later we pulled into our driveway. About half way through the drive Kim offered to relieve me, and I was still feeling pretty good so I said I’d keep driving… then somewhere in [...]