1. Due to the new Obama infrastructure plan, there's road construction EVERYWHERE!!! Nice to see people working.
2. Driving an Expedition while towing a heavy trailer is the perfect solution to my small bladder, we had to stop for gas every 160 miles... ouch.
3. If you have the choice, do a road trip in 2009 rather than 2008 because the gas is half price.
4. When driving with 3 kids 6 and under, it's better to leave at 3:00 am for the driving days because then they get to sleep for 4 hours of drive time. Definitely worth the sacrifice of being a little tired.
5. Loved the iPhone. It changes a road trip completely! Gas, food, lodging, mpg, banking... there's an app for that!
6. Buy a big box of sweet tarts from Wal Mart before you go. It costs $1 and it keeps you from buying candy at every stop. You can eat two Sweet Tarts and it satisfies the sweet tooth.
7. Audiobooks by Clive Cussler, Mark Driscoll and Harlan Coben make the 3:00 am
departure doable. Riveting stuff.
8. Red Box is amazing. They have them everywhere. You can rent dvd's anywhere, return anywhere and it's only a $1. They are scattered all along the 70 and 80 interstates so you can rent on your roadie!
9. Eastern Colorado is flat and boring.
10. Eastern Nebraska is lush and gorgeous
11. There are parts of Utah that are scary when you're only getting 9mpg. Longest stretch without anything was 110 miles of mountainous, desert terrain.
12. Los Angeles is a bummer of a place to end a road trip. 30 miles from home and the 101 is totally log jammed in traffic.
13. Load your trailer correctly. When loaded incorrectly it sways worse than a certain republican senator.
14. St. George, Utah was an anomaly. Tons of blonde 20 somethings hanging out
on a
Friday night like it was Hollywood. Also the home of Brigham Young's house and the oldest LDS temple.Ok, that's all I could think of. Here's a few pictures from the trip :)
