Post-Christmas Update!

I had an awesome Christmas. As semi-expected, my parents helped me out a lot as far as funding for the trip. My awesome neighbors even contributed some gas money! I used some of my Christmas money to purchase a 400W power inverter that will allow us to plug things in and keep them charged (such as cell phones, laptops, etc.). Keeping a computer charged is what is going to allow us to write down blog posts even though we won't always have an internet connection, and also get pictures off the cameras and onto the blog!

Now that Christmas is over, all I can think about is the trip. I've done all the research I can think to do, yet I keep catching myself typing random phrases into Google to try and unearth something that I haven't previously read. A couple of days before the trip, I'm going to make sure that the vehicle that Enterprise provides us has been recently serviced because of the length of the trip. Hopefully they'll have a vehicle available that gets over 30 mpg highway. This could substantially reduce the amount of gas we have to buy and give us more to spend on other things.

Most of the road trip tips websites that I have been on suggest avoiding fast food chain restaurants as much as possible. They say that eating at local diners and stuff will provide great experiences and stories from patrons that aren't likely to happen at a place like McDonald's. I think being in the Million Dollar Band has desensitized me to eating fast food for prolonged periods, but I definitely hope to eat at a few "off the beaten path" type places.

So long til the next post!