ash42

Hi All -

We finally have the pictures uploaded from the cross country trip and you can check them out by clicking on the link below.

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome...=0IbMmrVy0aMXLw

Unfortunately, they are in no specific order...

Enjoy!

John and Lisa

chrisn

wow thats awesome!

Top down the WHOLE way right???? haha

airgate

I still get such a kick out of these pictures...love the map route, awesome!! I need to make the time to do this trip...It would be the best! Thanks for sharing your pics...

Love 'em!

CitadelBlue

These are great pictures and I know you had a great time ... As I age my vision continues to fail my so I can't quite make out the road, interestate route numbers an dcities/towns that you took/drove thru on you journey ...... Any chance you could post them up as well ? I'd like to trace your steps on day ....Thanks

black02S

If you dont mind me asking.....If you kept a total how much did this trip cost you?

ash42

[QUOTE=CitadelBlue,Oct 12 2008, 03:45 AM]These are great pictures and I know you had a great time ... As I age

ash42

The top actually stayed down for most of the beginning of the trip, but as we got further out west and up into the higher elevations, it had to be kept up as it was a bit chilly...but it did stay down the whole way up and back down Pikes Peak...

ash42

We spent approximately...

$1500 on gas

$1200 on hotels and KOAs (keep in mind that 9 days of the trip were spent in WA state with John's parents, another 2 nights in AL with family and 1 night in Chicago with Huskergirl and Huskerhubby)

$250 or so spent on entrance fees into the National Parks and Monuments (got a couple of entrance fees for free since John was active military at the time )

...and lastly you would have to factor in prices for snacks and food, etc...you tend not to eat too much while you are traveling due to the fact that you are not as active and don't burn as many calories as you are sitting in the car.

The only other items you need to factor in are oil changes, blown tires, tolls, etc...

No matter how much it costs to do this trip, it is well worth it and we would definitely do it again.

chino101

Amazing!!! Thanks for posting.

How many days did it take to do this trip?

ash42

We were gone for 30 days exactly...