• Halfway There.

  (that was for you, Karissa. Ah yeah.)

  

  Day 95

  That’s right. This crazy, life splaying, intoxicating, perilous journey is more than halfway over. At least the south of the border portion.

  To put it in perspective, here are some numbers:

  • We’ve put on 7 800.3 miles during this trip.

  • That’s 12 553.3 km. Which is practically the same distance of the equator of the earth (12 756km). We’ve just traveled the belt of the earth! (Actually about 1/3 of the equator but hey, who’s counting?) No wait, 12 553km is the DIAMETER of the earth, so straight through, like if we dug a tunnel to China.

  • We’ve filled our tank almost twice a week, so that’s almost 20 gas station stops for pop and dried out licorice.

  • A tank of gas costs about $120, so we’ve spent over $2400 on gas that goes to the man. The only thing that makes us feel better is that we’re not eating diesel. Oh, Walter you gas guzzling queen.

  We’ve explored Kamloops, Vancouver, Seattle, Leavenworth, Portland, Tillamook, Newport, Coos Bay, Crescent City, Ukiah, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monteray, Pismo Beach, Los Angeles,

  (catch my breath)

  San Diego, Salton City, Joshua Tree, Phoenix, Lake Havasu, Vegas, Kingman, Tucson, El Paso, San Antonio, Houston, New Orleans, Pensacola, Panama City, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and now St. Augustine. We’re halfway there.

  Crossed through nine states.

  • We’ve driven Walter without a drop of water at least four times. This means no water to flush the toilet or wash or hands. None to rinse the grey water off either. Good thing Bath and Body Works makes hand sanitizer.

  • Boondocked about 30 days, 20 of those in Walmart parking lots. We HATE Walmart —but Security patrols like Batman, and that’s cool.

  • Each of us has eaten approximately 60 hot dogs charred in the frying pan. That’s the equivalent of 180 feet of hot dog. Or enough to completely fill our intestines 8.18 times. Open wide and say parasites.

  • We’ve had four major scraps on the trip (minor disagreements if you will). Two of them were over trying to find a balance between work and play. One was about sex, and the other was about someone being told to ‘suck in’ during a photograph. Don’t worry she’s over it.

  • We’ve lost and found: Travis’ black gloves (2x), his glasses, our scooter keys, Walter keys, sunglasses, & two lens caps all within 300 square feet of Walter. How is this possible?
  • Fished 33 quarters out for laundry eleven times, and rolled our clothes twelve times. Once they were all unrolled in a quest for black gloves, which resulted in massive clothes re-rolling (saves space)

  • We’ve used our internet nonstop for approximately 720 hours, or 43 200 minutes, which is probably the same amount as most of you do anyhow.

  • Subjected to Kings of Queens, Friends, and other pathetic reruns 12 times on Peasantvision

  • It has rained approximately 68 out of the 90 days we have been on the road. We are bloating with moisture and unrecognizable from the rivers that surround us.

  • We have completed eight motorhome repairs. Of these, only four were successful. I blame Walter. We chose a stubborn beast.

  • Embarrassment? We’ve felt sheepish at least 63 times since we left. Most of it can be digested on video.

  • We still have all our teeth (that 28 + 32 = 60). So scurvy hasn’t made an appearance. Yet.

  This has been one helluva journey. Looking forward to the second half. We’ll let you know how it goes.

  Posted on January 25, 2010

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