Planning Planning Planning

[dolari]

Basic trip expenditures:
San Antonio - Santa Fe: 710 miles - 35.5 Gallons @ $4.25 - $150
Santa Fe Motel 6 $62
Santa Fe - Las Vegas: 778 miles - 38.9 Gallons @ $4.25 - $166
LAs Vegas Motel 6 $40
Las Vegas - San Francisco:552 miles - 27.6 Gallons @ 4.75 - $132
San Francisco - Seattle: 799 miles - 39.95 Gallons @ 4.75 - $190
Seattle - Vancouver (round trip): 240 miles - 12 Gallons @ $4.75 - $60
Basic Trip Expenditures Subtotals: $800

Just in case expenditures:
One full tank of gas at $4.50 - $135
Food, drinks, things and stuff - $200
Just in case Subtotals: $335

Grand Total: $1135

Cash on hand: $17.86
Credit available: $1405

Expected paychecks: $5000
Expected expenses: $2445

Very hopeful grand total as of August 3rd...

Cash $2555
Credit $2500

Still to do:
Oil change for the truck.
See friends when time allows
Have dad check all the hoses and fluids (pray he doesn't try to "Fix" anything).
Have a professional fix the cigarette lighter, or buy a heftier Laptop battery.
Bring Emily down on the 20th of July
Pack.

Gonna be a lean few months, but if I can pull it off I'll be able to make the trip and still have $1000 under my belt....

Future to do list once in Seattle:
Save up cash to fly down to Texas, buy a new Truck, get stuff out of parents house and drive back.

Orchiectomy.

Move to Canada.

IT all looks so easy on "paper."

Comments

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

You might want to plan gas at $5/gallon -- it's up to that in the Bay Area and there may be areas on remote highway stretches where they charge more.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Yeah,that's what I'm afraid of. If it hits $5/gal EVERYWHERE, it's going to be even tighter. I still have some wiggle room if it gets to $5, but any higher by then, and I may actually have to call this whole thing off.

[emilydm.livejournal.com]

Your truck gets closer to 22 mpg than 20, so that's some wiggle room as well. Twenty just makes the math easier.

[gwenners.livejournal.com]

Withour place, look more at Stockton gas prices versus SF gas prices. We're typicallly a bit cheaper, and checking in around US$4.50 right now for regular.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

What I'd done was looked at prices right now, then popped them up fifty cents. I did look at gassing up in Fresno first, which is where I got $4.75. I guess if I gas up around your place that'll be more like $5.

[gwenners.livejournal.com]

We're still holding around US$4.50

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

Future to do list once in Seattle:
Save up cash to fly down to Texas, buy a new Truck, get stuff out of parents house and drive back.

I have a feeling that going to be the only hard part. The rest, will all be an experience.

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

As someone with a higher squick tolerance than normal but who still considers himself a breeder, I'd like to observe that, even on paper, the word "orchiectomy" never looks easy.

I'm rooting for you.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

PerhapsI shouldn't talk about my "Will it Blend?" parody idea....