Date:         Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:44:09 -0700
Reply-To:     jbrush@AROS.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Anonymous Digest <jbrush@AROS.NET>
Subject:      Re: 2 weeks enough to cross country - w/kids?
Comments: To: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <41b62e30a37d.424191da@gci.net>

In <41b62e30a37d.424191da@gci.net>, on 03/23/05
   at 03:57 PM, Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET> said:

>RE:  " Your gas costs will exceed exceed $700,"

>Via what route would this be?  Assuming 3000 miles at a reasonably
>conservative 15mpg you will use 200 gallons, is gas really $3.50 per
>gallon down there?

>Re:   "3000+ miles, about 96 hours behind the wheel, and if you don't get
>> about 9 hours a day, you won't make it out and back in time for work. "

>3000 miles divided by 96hrs equals 31.25 average speed, even a vanagon
>can do better then that.  Since it is not stated exaclty where the
>starting and ending locations are, I choose to calculate from Seattle to
>Fall River, approx. 3,100 miles.  If you only drove 400 miles per day for
>eight days you would have six full days left over to cover getting to the
>west coast, out fitting the van, sight seeing, etc.

Are you really unable to see that I mistakenly thought he was talking
about driving out and driving back. My math is correct, but I assumed a
round trip drive. If it is a fly out, drive back, I say do it.

How can you read what I wrote and not see that I just misread his
intentions? I gotta get a new hobby.....

John