It’s taken a while to get the fundraising widget set up and put the finishing touches on this site. There is actually quite a bit still to work on, but I think we’re ready (enough) to launch this thing!
no commentSeattle to Albuquerque round trip route, 3841.1 miles in 7 days and 3 hours, from GPS track:
no commentNot even a full week after we registered and we got our first message from another team! The Griswolds are two guys (so far) from Detroit, and happened to be passing through Seattle. One of them is applying to the UW MBA program and came…
no commentSo here is a breakdown of how well we did gas-wise on the trip. Seattle to Albuquerque, including driving around Yellowstone, was 2063.4 miles. Albuquerque to Seattle, via the Grand Canyon, was 1777.7 miles. Total distance round trip was 3841.1 miles. We made 14 stops…
no commentKim and I just registered for two cars to participate in next summer’s Mongol Rally! Starting around some time late last year we knew that we wanted our next big trip to be Mongolia, but when we started planning we had no idea what we…
no commentWoke up at the crack of dawn this morning and left Salt Lake City, destination: Home (Seattle). Fourteen and a half hours later we pulled into our driveway. About half way through the drive Kim offered to relieve me, and I was still feeling pretty…
no commentBaatar Hero is a team of six intrepid adventurers from Seattle, embarking on the Mongol Rally in July 2010. The Mongol Rally is an annual 10,000 mile drive from London, England to Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia whose participants raise money for charity as they travel unmapped…
no commentWe shouldn’t have expected less than a wedding ceremony on a stage from two entertainers. My cousin, a professional magician, was married at the Wool Warehouse in Albuquerque where we had a great time at the reception afterward. Congrats Danny & Stacey! The following morning…
no commentWe are staying in the Bucky O’Neill cabin on the south rim… Not bad — mobile mail sent via phone http://roam.autarken.net
no commentGallup, NM On our way to Meteor Crater and then the Grand Canyon — mobile mail sent via phone http://roam.autarken.net
no commentI didn’t really need the alarm set for the crack of dawn to wake me up on Thursday morning. The temperature had dropped over night in Yellowstone. The cabin was a sauna when we went to bed, so I had cracked open the window to…
no commentI recently picked up a Visiontac GPS data logger, primarily to geotag my photos. But it came with some cool tools which allow me to create maps of my track in Google Earth. If you have the Google Earth browser plugin, you can see these…
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