Not sure if anyone remembers me, but I've been away from the forum for a while.
My wife and I were planning a 12 month road trip across the country to photograph the country and explore, but life kicked us in the knees and that didn't quite work out. 12 months turned into 8, 8 into 5, and then cancelled altogether. It was pretty depressing.
Anyway, we're back on track... sort of. Our 12 month adventure has been reduced and compressed to two and a half months, but we have the money in hand and my boss is letting me work remotely while we're gone so we'll still have some income to cover our at home expenses. We'll primarily be hitting Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and the California coast.
Our original plan was to buy a van and set it up with solar and all of that, but our car died, and we had to replace it rather suddenly. We could not get a van that was going to work for us, so that cut into our budget considerably. So, now we'll be doing the whole trip in our 2008 Hyundai Elantra. Bad news is that we won't have much space for gear. Good news is that we'll be getting 34 mpg. So between the money we're saving on gas, solar, electric and all the stuff for making a van livable, we actually have enough money to stay in motels the majority of the time which means we won't have to worry so much about weather, internet or staying entertained at night. Not really van dwelling I guess, but we'll certainly be minimalizing our lives.
We'll be moving around a lot. Our longest stop is 7 days, while most stops are either 3 or 4 days.
Right now we're making sure we can get everything we'll need neatly into the back seat and trunk of our car. We bought 4 good sized lockable shipping containers that fit perfectly in the back seat without making us look homeless. They kind of make it look like we're sales people and they are filled with smiles or something.
So, hopefully I'll be back to posting regularly.
,Matt
My wife and I were planning a 12 month road trip across the country to photograph the country and explore, but life kicked us in the knees and that didn't quite work out. 12 months turned into 8, 8 into 5, and then cancelled altogether. It was pretty depressing.
Anyway, we're back on track... sort of. Our 12 month adventure has been reduced and compressed to two and a half months, but we have the money in hand and my boss is letting me work remotely while we're gone so we'll still have some income to cover our at home expenses. We'll primarily be hitting Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and the California coast.
Our original plan was to buy a van and set it up with solar and all of that, but our car died, and we had to replace it rather suddenly. We could not get a van that was going to work for us, so that cut into our budget considerably. So, now we'll be doing the whole trip in our 2008 Hyundai Elantra. Bad news is that we won't have much space for gear. Good news is that we'll be getting 34 mpg. So between the money we're saving on gas, solar, electric and all the stuff for making a van livable, we actually have enough money to stay in motels the majority of the time which means we won't have to worry so much about weather, internet or staying entertained at night. Not really van dwelling I guess, but we'll certainly be minimalizing our lives.
We'll be moving around a lot. Our longest stop is 7 days, while most stops are either 3 or 4 days.
Right now we're making sure we can get everything we'll need neatly into the back seat and trunk of our car. We bought 4 good sized lockable shipping containers that fit perfectly in the back seat without making us look homeless. They kind of make it look like we're sales people and they are filled with smiles or something.
So, hopefully I'll be back to posting regularly.
,Matt
