Vegas --> Bay Area
Day 13, Saturday (July 21) Las Vegas to Pleasanton (Home!)
Well, of course, the baggage did not all fit in the trunk (do they really need all those shoes?). So we had to put 2 bags stacked on one side of the back seat on top of a towel. But it ended up working out fine.
It was quite hot for most of the trip; starting at 100*F in Vegas, and eventually cooling down to 85*F driving by Tracy on I-5.
Grapevines for the California wine. (I-5, south of Santa Nella, not in Napa.)
Windmills of my mind, cruising over the Altamont into Livermore.
California sunset.
Last Fwy/Hwy offramp to complete the trip.
When we pulled into the driveway at home in Pleasanton, it was 72*, and the fog was rolling in. And we are home.
Wow. That was a loooooooong drive.
The cats are good, and the house is fine. Now it's time to make room in the garage for the new 335i. Perhaps after a day of rest.
Just for fun.
It was an awesome trip. And worth every minute (and penny). I can't wait to do it again in a few years. Here are the final statistics:
We left the BMW Performance Center in South Carolina at 2:46 pm EST.
Thanks for those who followed the blog and to those who left comments. This was alot of fun (although a bit more "work" than anticipated because uploading the pic's can be painfully slow with a weak wireless connection.
Cheers! Jeff
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5 comments:
Add up all your gas receipts, both gallons and dollars. Then compute MPG, and compare to the trip computer. You need to know the total fuel cost, so many years from now you will be able to say: "...back in 07, a cross country trip cost xxx."
Welcome back.
welcome home!!!
Ya did good.
Clyde scares me sometimes.
Nice blog. Here is what I wrote in response to your comment:
Thanks for the input. You do bring up a good point and this is something I failed to examine in the post. I could not find much on the subject save for these few articles. Therefore, in response to your question, I can only offer my assumptions that the tickets have the card holder's name on them once they are mailed out, meaning they probably can not be sold to someone else. This article (http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/09/led-zeppelin-ebay-face-cx_ll_1008autofacescan02.html) by Forbes Magazine states that the people who have purchased tickets off of ebay or another website will be "barred" and have their "tickets cancelled". This leads me to believe that the tickets have individual names on them. Additionally, this article (http://www.nme.com/news/31515) states that unless the person's passcode number and photo ID match, they, as Goldsmith points out, "'aren't going to get in.'" This leads me to believe that the concert staff will be checking tickets along with photo IDs. But again these are only assumptions.
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