Roadtrip!

Here are some photos. More on Picasa at: http://picasaweb.google.com/sarahlizhurliman/Roadtrip

These are in reverse chronological order because I am not computer literate.

San Francisco Bay


Oak Creek Canyon near Jess' home


Grand Canyon 30 minute tour


Colorado mountains


Bright colors


Rainbow and rainstorm on I-70

International House of Prayer

Just the Facts

Jess and I made it to California, the West coast. I could say so much about our lengthy, fun, exciting, transformative, harrowing roadtrip. But instead I’ll just give you the numbers.

Number of…

Miles: 2,862 (Danforth, IL to San Francisco, CA)
Days we spent traveling: 8
Roadkill: 35
Different states’ license plates we saw: 38 (plus Sonora, Mexico and British Columbia, Canada)
Times we stopped for gas: 19
Gas stations that had a winery attached: 1 (Lucas, Kansas)
Gas stations that had old, non-digital pumps: 1 (Yucca, AZ)
Highest gas price: $3.29/gal (Ludlow, CA)
Lowest gas price: $2.41/gal (Kansas City, MO)
Chapters of the Bible that we read aloud in the car: 5 (for Jess' Jerusalem prep)
Times we broke down: 1
Friendly men who helped us when we broke down: 3 (Larry, Joe, and Steve)
Houses we stayed in: 6
Houses we stayed in where neither of us knew the people there prior to arriving in their home: 1
States we went through on I-70: 5 (IL, MO, KS, CO, UT)
Different kinds of animal-crossing signs we saw: 4 (deer, elk, cows, horses)
Picnics we ate: 6 (that makes 12 turkey sandwiches)
Times we ate out: 2
Times we ate out at Taco Bell: 2

Locations of our lunchtime picnics: a park in Pocahontas, IL; an outdoor table at International House of Prayer in MO; a lonely KS gas station using my car as a table; a patch of grass in the Wells Fargo parking lot in UT; an AZ rest area with signs to beware of poisonous animals; a busy CA gas station using my car as a table.

Pictures soon to come.