tastewar.com » Trip Log http://tastewar.com News of the Stewarts and their Travels Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Feature Creep http://tastewar.com/2009/08/feature-creep/ http://tastewar.com/2009/08/feature-creep/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:58:28 +0000 tastewar http://tastewar.com/?p=478 I’ve added a couple of new pages (see the “tabs” along the top) for a photo gallery and a map showing pictures along our route. Enjoy!

]]> http://tastewar.com/2009/08/feature-creep/feed/ 0 Statistics http://tastewar.com/2009/08/statistics/ http://tastewar.com/2009/08/statistics/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:51:59 +0000 tastewar http://tastewar.com/?p=439 7593 miles (~375 gallons of gas, ~$920)

0 accidents

0 tickets

2 warnings

34 nights away from home:

  • 6 camping nights (5 sites)
  • 13 homes of friends and family (6 homes)
  • 15 hotel nights (15 different hotels; 14 continental breakfasts)
  • 25 different places

823.5 hours together as a family, almost always sharing one vehicle, one hotel room, one tent, etc. (minus 12 hours one night when Susan and I slept in a different family home than the kids, and minus a 3 hour anniversary lunch outing) = 808.5 hours.

55 hours of audio books (Harry Potter 6 & 7; a Roald Dahl collection; and InkHeart)

9 National Parks and Monuments

101 blog posts

197 comments

551 photos

If you’re doing your math, you might notice that the nights didn’t quite add up – that’s because one night, the kids stayed at one house while we stayed at another!

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We arrived yesterday at about 2:15 p.m. Feels good to be home, but we had some floors refinished while we were gone, so that meant lots of furniture to move before we could settle in. Which leaves today for unpacking, tomorrow for “rest,” then Monday it’s back to work!

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Yesterday was our longest driving day, covering about 465 miles, and leaving about 120 miles for today. We are currently having a relaxing morning with my parents in North Haven, Connecticut.

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4 states in just over half an hour. Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania.

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I don’t think it’s a joyride…

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This morning we leave behind our nth Comfort Inn and head northeast, our intended route to North Haven, Connecticut documented in the post title.

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]]> http://tastewar.com/2009/07/81-78-287-15-hut-hut-hike/feed/ 2 38.1295013 -79.0394974 Decision Time… http://tastewar.com/2009/07/decision-time%e2%80%a6/ http://tastewar.com/2009/07/decision-time%e2%80%a6/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:52:07 +0000 tastewar http://tastewar.com/?p=418 This morning, we must decide whether we spend any time in Shenandoah National Park, head to Hershey Park, or just book on home. We won’t make it home today, but if we were to go to Hershey, that would make a long travel day on Friday. If we head for home, we might stop at my parents’ house in Connecticut for the night, making a short travel day on Friday.

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In two or three of the hotels we’ve visited, the pop-up drain plug has been missing. In two or three others, the sink wouldn’t hold water in spite of the presence of a plug. This makes shaving rather less efficient. I tried to fix one of the non-water-holding ones, but failed. Are the missing ones the result of vandalism?

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