Date:         Tue, 12 Sep 1995 23:29:43 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <des@teleport.com>
Subject:      Re: alaska/inuvik trip

Martha writes:
> 
> Does anyone want to guess what the gas for this trip is gonna cost?  Let's
> say (to make things easy for *ME* from near the San Francisco area).  Let's
> take paramaters like:
> 
> getting not very good gas mileage
> having to pay high rates for gas, especially outside the US, with the exchange
>      and with the gas price monopoly which must exist on the legs of the
>      trip where gas is not very often available

Shelley and I spent $572 on gas on our 7,800 mile GNATT trip.  We had
pretty good conditions though - i.e. highway miles and cheap gas, most
of the time.  I would set aside a minimum of $800 for the Alaska trip.
> 
> Does anyone want to suggest how much money to save ahead for food?  I
> realize that this might seem obvious (just figure out what you spend
> now), but eating in the camper on the road can cost quite a bit
> different than eating at home.  Let's assume just sort of "average" tastes
> and spending habits, like not eating out more than once a week, not eating
> beef wellington and lobster tails for dinner, and so forth  :)

I think food will cost considerably less than gas on this trip.  Still,
I would set aside at least $500 for food (or around $20/day).

-David

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