Our route. Google maps says it is 22 hours and 40 minutes. Since we'll be hauling the trailer we'll have to go slower. I've got it stuck in my mind that it's a 28 hour trip. Mabey not. Also, driving up through Denver the way the above map suggests is a bad plan, because around Denver the mountains come into play. This will piss off both the truck (who is very well behaved and deserves to be coddled) and the van. Going north into Wyoming via Nebraska puts us in hilly areas, but won't start really being an issue for longer.
Refer to green line on below map.
Nebraska is one hell of a boring state though.
Then we will be stopping in Winnemucca, Johns' least favorite town in the world, where we will be subject to mass hysteria and moody shopping. I plan on crying hysterically at least once here. There are a weird lack of good restaurants in Winnemuca. But many casinos. Here we will also purchase H20. Last time we purchased most of our H20 here, and they had plenty stocked up for the week. I have no idea how to calculate how much it costs to move a pound of stuff out there... but rest assured that it makes very little sense to haul H20 that far.
Monday, August 13, 2007
There and back again, maps.
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2 comments:
Nebraska is a quicker route - we've consistantly beat the times it's taken other drivers to go through the moutains.
I mean, do you want to drive a loaded truck and trailer up and down the continental divide? Also, I80 is 75mph the majority of the way.
Also - 23 hours does not account for traffic: there will be at least an hour delay due to the massive amount of cars going through empire and geralch. Getting behind that air cooled VW van and the overloaded 1960's bus tends to add a bit to the last leg.
They are equal distance both ways (20 miles shorter through Nebraska) so the 75mph makes a difference. Here's hoping that is still true!
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