A Day in the Life

A lot of things go on daily that aren’t really associated with a place or stop, but are just kind of ongoing. Let me clue you in to a few::

We have some trip songs:: When arriving at a destination, we play “Hello” by Martin Solveig

When we need a pick me up, we play the Free Willy Theme Song – “I Will Be There” by MJ

If we had a version of it, we would play Willy Nelson’s “On the Road Again” – but we don’t, so we just sing it instead.

We basically live off of turkey and cheese sandwiches. Sometimes we get crazy and get a new kind of cheese or bread – like bagel thins or pitas, so exciting.

The cheapest we’ve paid for gas was $3.39, the most expensive was $4.47.

We mostly use the Atlas for our driving routes, then we plug in Penny (GPS) when we are in cities since our maps aren’t small enough scale. Only once (en route to Yosemite) did we get turned around. Some detours here and there, but Rand McNally has been treating us well.

We have far and away paid off our National Parks Annual Pass – we each paid $40. Average entrance fee is $20 per vehicle, so that was a worthy investment.

Although it is nice not having a smart phone and constant internet access, it would have been convenient for Gas Buddy! The greatest invention. When we do whip out the computer, we always use it but that isn’t terribly often. Thanks for the MiFi Dad!

Hopefully lots of you have been receiving all of the postcards that I have been sending! If you want some, give me your address! I still have plenty of stops coming up…

There have been so many hitchhikers that we have come across – don’t worry mom and dad, we haven’t stopped for any. And we did get to encounter many of the Rainbow Family in Oregon and Northern Cali. What a group.

We have felt way more “at home” in National Parks than in any city. We are good at navigating them and are super efficient. Did you know that park rangers go to the same academy that FBI agents do and they hold the same authority status that agents do? Yeah, neither did we. We have made some pretty sweet park ranger friends along the way. They are their own breed.

We buy a lottery ticket (or something equivalent – like gambling) in each state. We have only won in Illinois – where we just got the money back haha. One of these states….

I’m sure there’s more, but for now those are some solid snippets into my everyday life on the road.