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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Oregon on Apr 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’m an unlikely volunteer for the Democratic party. I was a Nader voter and a Deaniac, and often find myself to the left of the mainstream Democratic agenda. I did throw a Rock The Vote registration and benefit show with the help of some laptop dj friends during the 2004 Presidential election, but [...]