Day 13–Hairy Otter
Miles MPG Avg. Speed Today 210 49 34 Trip 3868 46.5 51 Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $43 / $83 $85 / $100 AAA – $26PriceLine – $526Real $$ – $242 Monterey Bay Aquarium $67 I was up at 6:30…
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Day 12–Leaving Las Vegas
Miles MPG Avg. Speed Saturday(Grand Canyon to Vegas) 259 47.7 46 Today 584 47.6 45 Trip 3658 46.3 51 Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $10 / $43 $78 / $75 AAA – $26PriceLine – $491Real $$ – $272 Sequoia National…
Day 11–Stratosphere and Mystere
Miles MPG Avg. Speed Today Trip Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $103 / $101 $86 / $150 AAA – $26PriceLine – $491Real $$ – $230 Mystere $131 Stratosphere $46 Up at 7:00, Aryn slept…
Interlude–San Francisco Hotels
If the Vegas hotel question bothered me, San Francisco worried me to the point of denial and not wanting to think about it. I’ve been watching the rates for weeks and they’ve kept going up – but I couldn’t book…
Day 10–We’ll always have Paris
Miles MPG Avg. Speed Today Trip Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $0 / $51 $86 / $150 AAA – $26PriceLine – $408Real $$ – $166 Celine Dion (Aryn) $145 Penn & Teller (me) $57…
Day 9–Viva Las Priceline
Miles MPG Avg. Speed Today Trip Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $118 / $119 $86 / $150 AAA – $26PriceLine – $325Real $$ – $102 Hoover Dam Parking $7 Ka $195 The Vegas hotel…
Day 8–There are some things one would rather have done than do
Miles MPG Avg. Speed Today 117.5 51.7 52 Trip 2814.7 46 54 Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $57 / $126 $80 / $75 AAA – $26PriceLine – $242Real $$ – $38 Grand Canyon National Park $0 ($25 but free with…
Day 7–I think it’s the goddamn Grand Canyon
Miles MPG Avg. Speed Today 407 45.8 50 Trip 2697 45.8 54 Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $70 / $146 $80 / $75 AAA – $16PriceLine – $242Real $$ – $43 Painted Desert $0 ($10 but free with National Parks…
Day 6–A Left Turn at Albuquerque
Miles MPG Avg. Speed Today 91 51.3 29 Trip 2291 45.8 54 Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $24 / $120 $47 / $75 AAA – $6PriceLine – $242 Sandia Peak Tram $37 Mountain Bikes $96 National Museum of Nuclear Science…
A Note About the Budget
Food(today/budget) Hotel(today/budget) Trip Savings $xxxx / $140 $47 / $75 AAA – $6PriceLine – $216 The stats-geeks have gotten picky about my budget and savings numbers, questioning why, exactly, the daily food budget has been different and why the Priceline…