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 Colorado, New Mexico, Travel, Wyoming on Aug 29th, 2009 No Comments »
I didn’t really need the alarm set for the crack of dawn to wake me up on Thursday morning. The temperature had dropped over night in Yellowstone. The cabin was a sauna when we went to bed, so I had cracked open the window to cool down. It worked.
We didn’t waste anytime [...]
Posted in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming on May 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
Plans for an ambitious road trip around the American West late this summer are coming together. The impetus for this trip is that my cousin is getting married in Albuquerque at the end of August. Given that there doesn’t seem to be a direct flight from Seattle and tickets are relatively expensive (especially compared to [...]