COMPLETE trip journal:
FRIDAY
JANUARY 16, 2004
It's been 10 years.........
7:20 PM = Left home. 0.0 trip miles. 110,016 total miles.
I intend to make this a trip to remember, just like the one 10 years ago....
7:27/5.0 trip miles = Hwy 101 South in bumper-bumper traffic
7:55/34.0 = Hwy 101x356 for Hwy 152 in Gilroy. $14.70 Gas (CB)
9:35/144 = I-5 exit Hwy 198 (Harris Ranch). (Free) dinner @ McD's.
9:48 = On the road again
10:48/221.8 = I-5xHwy 58
11:15/243.3 = Hwy 99 South
11:16/244.7 = Hwy 58 East
1:09 AM/372.1 = I-15 North
1:12/375.5 = I-40, 2554 miles West of Wilmington, NC
1:18/382.7 = Took Dagget exit
Backtracked to Barstow
$20.50 (CB) Gas - 391.0 miles
1:42/397.9 miles = Passed Daggett exit on the way back again
2:00 AM = Parked at 1st rest area on I-40. 419.4 trip miles. 110435 total.
SATURDAY
JANUARY 17, 2004
8:00 or so = woke up. 419.4 trip miles. 110435 total. Nice sleep last night.
8:49 = On the road again. Song on CD = "Break on through to the other side" by The Doors.
(in no particular order)
Memorable Trips in last 10 years:
1. "The Big One"
2. "The Bigger One"
3. Hawaii
4. Paris
5. Switzerland
6. Spain-Portugal
7. Ohio in Mustang Convertible (+ GA)
8. Northern Canada/Southern USA
9. Mid July 1999 = Orange (+ New Orleans)
10. Vancouver - Feb 2000
11. Victoria, BC = June 6 '98
12. 1999/2000 cross-country
13. 2000/2001 cross-country
14. 2001/2002 cross-country
15. June 6 '99 = Aspen + Independence Pass, CO
16. August 8, 2000 = Richland, WA
17. Greece/Italy/Spain
18. Labor Day 1997 = ND/SD/NE = 3800 miles
19. First trip to Bryce in new Honda Civic = April 2000
20. One-way to Boston - July 2000
21. One-way to Alexandria - November 1999
22. Ontario, Canada = November 1999
23. April 8 1996 = Rest area @ I-15/I-70
24. April 5, 2003 = Redding, CA and 100K miles on Civic
25. (This one?)
Averaging more than 2-3 memorable trips per year .... who knows what the next 10 years will bring .... last 10 years I was a twnthy-something. Now I'm a thirty-something. Song on CD now = "Iko Iko". 10 years ago today, not a single person knew where I was today. Today, people know. I also have more cash in my wallet and a better car than I did that day...
Also -- i did not have a camera on that day, and I don't have one today.
Needles EMA = 533. Kingman EMA = 600.
11:32 AM MST = 546.0 miles = Crossed the mighty Colorado River into the Grand Canyon State. Song on CD = "Nowhere Man"
Will I-40 still be in construction in ABQ?
1:38/707.3 = I-40x161 @ Williams. $8 (cash) = lunch @ Dennys. $23 (CB) gas (707.9) = 11.5 gallons. $7 (cash) = drinks.
1:58/708.2 = On the road again. ABQ EMA = 1065
2:24/741.8 = Passed over I-17 (m195). Santa Rosa = 1190/8:15 PM
4:30/906 = Estado de Nuevo Mexico -- First time after Sep. 2002.
5:08/950.6 = The sun's rays are making the red cliffs near Gallup GLOW! Song on CD = "Tenderness"
5:47/111016 total miles = I-40m94 (as in 1994) = 1000 trip miles.
6:34/1060 = thru ABQ ... , no construction yet! Songs on CD = "Money for Nothing", "Candle in the Wind"
6:39/1065.5 = Passed under I-25. Still no construction yet... could it be they've finished??
6:44/1070.6 = WOWWW ...
6:47/1074.4 = Holyy excrement they've actually finished the construction!!! Passed m169 now and climbing the mountain...
7:09/1101.1 = I-40x194 in Moriarty. $6 (cash) = Nilla Wafers. $18 (CB) = Gas = 11.25 Gall. 1101.8 miles.
7:22/1102.7 = On the Road Again. Next stop = Santa Rosa
8:25/1182.3 = I-40x275 in Santa Rosa.
8:35 = Checked in @ Best Western Adobe Inn -- should have free DSL in the room (?) 1182.8 trip miles. 111,198 total. (Free) dinner @ McD's.
SUNDAY
JANUARY 18, 2004
1163 miles back home..
8:45 AM = Checked out. The room was nice, TV channels good, Free DSL very good (saw 3/4th of Ind-Aus cricket game), Bathroom not-so-good. 1183.2 trip miles. 111,199 total.
Home EMA = 2348
Home ETA = 12:48 AM
8:50 AM = Left hotel
8:53/1183.7 = On the road again, homeward bound.