It's either going to be a BLT, or a neurotoxin. Either way, our deaths will be tasty.

Scientist prove evolution in a lab. Creationists claim scientists creating Amero-crapping superbug to start New World Order. Buy gold.

It's either going to be a BLT, or a neurotoxin. Either way, our deaths will be tasty.

Scientist prove evolution in a lab. Creationists claim scientists creating Amero-crapping superbug to start New World Order. Buy gold.

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Note to self. GET SOME FREAKING ANT TRAPS. There isn't anything the ants can eat, they're swarming because they want to eat YOU.

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Note to self. GET SOME FREAKING ANT TRAPS. There isn't anything the ants can eat, they're swarming because they want to eat YOU.

Let's just say that this guy's a few horsemen short of an apocalypse.

I wanted to title this "You have died of Dysentery" but decided not to jinx anything.

After debating the issue and a bit of soul searching, I've decided on cutting down a 16 hour leg of each drive to Seattle, and shortening it to 11 at the least, 13 at the most. I can handle a 16 hour drive (I once did a BRUISING 21 hour drive that ended up with me pulling off to the side of the road every 15 minutes to walk around the truck, and taking a 20 minute nap 2 miles from home because I didn't think I would make it otherwise), but that's going to be a bit much for two drivers, even cut into two 8 hour swaths who have no AC at the beginning of August.

It'll be boring as hell, too, as my laptop only has about 4 hours of power on one battery and my cigarette lighter hasn't worked in ages (I should look into getting that fixed, or a stronger battery, whichever comes first). Looking back at all my other cross country trips, 16 hours is about my limit.

12 should make for a fun trip, especially with two drivers. Oddly enough, this makes for more stops, but some really interesting ones, and gives us a few hours to explore our destinations (although one of them is iffy at best). Food is being handled in a very...creative way, so we may eat on the road (more about THAT later).

( Route Rambling - folks in Santa Fe NM, Las Vegas, NV, Mojave CA, San Francisco CA take note. )

So - any advice, tips, tricks, places of interest, cheap lodging, or Americana I should know about? We're still out by a month and a half...nows the time to tell me what a fool I am. :D

Let's just say that this guy's a few horsemen short of an apocalypse.

I wanted to title this "You have died of Dysentery" but decided not to jinx anything.

After debating the issue and a bit of soul searching, I've decided on cutting down a 16 hour leg of each drive to Seattle, and shortening it to 11 at the least, 13 at the most. I can handle a 16 hour drive (I once did a BRUISING 21 hour drive that ended up with me pulling off to the side of the road every 15 minutes to walk around the truck, and taking a 20 minute nap 2 miles from home because I didn't think I would make it otherwise), but that's going to be a bit much for two drivers, even cut into two 8 hour swaths who have no AC at the beginning of August.

It'll be boring as hell, too, as my laptop only has about 4 hours of power on one battery and my cigarette lighter hasn't worked in ages (I should look into getting that fixed, or a stronger battery, whichever comes first). Looking back at all my other cross country trips, 16 hours is about my limit.

12 should make for a fun trip, especially with two drivers. Oddly enough, this makes for more stops, but some really interesting ones, and gives us a few hours to explore our destinations (although one of them is iffy at best). Food is being handled in a very...creative way, so we may eat on the road (more about THAT later).

( Route Rambling - folks in Santa Fe NM, Las Vegas, NV, Mojave CA, San Francisco CA take note. )

So - any advice, tips, tricks, places of interest, cheap lodging, or Americana I should know about? We're still out by a month and a half...nows the time to tell me what a fool I am. :D

More Routiness

The three route choices I'm seeing, subject to cash, lodging and job start dates:

San Antonio to Santa Fe - August 4th
Santa Fe to Las Vegas - August 5th
Stay in Las Vegas - August 6th
Las Vegas to San Francisco - August 7th
Stay in San Francisco - August 8th, 9th and 10th
San Francisco to Seattle - August 11th
Seattle to Vancouver - August 12 (with a possible stayover in Vancouver to August 13th)

San Antonio to Santa Fe - August 4th
Stay in Santa Fe - August 5th
Santa Fe to Mojave - August 6th
Mojave to San Francisco (With a stop in Fresno) - August 7th
Stay in San FRancisco - August 8th, 9th and 10th
San Francisco to Seattle - August 11th
Seattle to Vancouver - August 12 (with a possible stayover in Vancouver to August 13th)

San Antonio to Santa Fe - August 4th or 5th
Santa Fe to Mojave - August 5th or 6th
Mojave to San Francisco (With a stop in Fresno) - August 6th or 7th
Stay in San FRancisco - August 8th, 9th and 10th (or 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th)
San Francisco to Seattle - August 11th
Seattle to Vancouver - August 12 (with a possible stayover in Vancouver to August 13th)

More Routiness

The three route choices I'm seeing, subject to cash, lodging and job start dates:

San Antonio to Santa Fe - August 4th
Santa Fe to Las Vegas - August 5th
Stay in Las Vegas - August 6th
Las Vegas to San Francisco - August 7th
Stay in San Francisco - August 8th, 9th and 10th
San Francisco to Seattle - August 11th
Seattle to Vancouver - August 12 (with a possible stayover in Vancouver to August 13th)

San Antonio to Santa Fe - August 4th
Stay in Santa Fe - August 5th
Santa Fe to Mojave - August 6th
Mojave to San Francisco (With a stop in Fresno) - August 7th
Stay in San FRancisco - August 8th, 9th and 10th
San Francisco to Seattle - August 11th
Seattle to Vancouver - August 12 (with a possible stayover in Vancouver to August 13th)

San Antonio to Santa Fe - August 4th or 5th
Santa Fe to Mojave - August 5th or 6th
Mojave to San Francisco (With a stop in Fresno) - August 6th or 7th
Stay in San FRancisco - August 8th, 9th and 10th (or 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th)
San Francisco to Seattle - August 11th
Seattle to Vancouver - August 12 (with a possible stayover in Vancouver to August 13th)

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Wow, that was quick.

In my plans, I'd planned out about $40 a day for food between Emily and me. Two Meals of about $10. Expensive, yeah, but $5 seemed too too low. So $40 a day for 5 driving days...four meals a day coming to 20 or so.... That's about $200.

Considering gas is going up much faster than I expected (I've said if we hit $5/gal my trip is sunk)...so I found away to save about $140 in cash to go to gas (juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust in case we hit $5/gal)....

( Guess who's coming to dinner.... )

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Wow, that was quick.

In my plans, I'd planned out about $40 a day for food between Emily and me. Two Meals of about $10. Expensive, yeah, but $5 seemed too too low. So $40 a day for 5 driving days...four meals a day coming to 20 or so.... That's about $200.

Considering gas is going up much faster than I expected (I've said if we hit $5/gal my trip is sunk)...so I found away to save about $140 in cash to go to gas (juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust in case we hit $5/gal)....

( Guess who's coming to dinner.... )