Author: Fox in White

I like math. Math is fun. Let’s take a look at the math involved in our cross country trip so far…

• According to the trip computer, since leaving Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 28th we have traveled a distance of 1,881 miles over 36 hours and 14 minutes. This gives us an average speed of 51.9 miles per hour. During this time the truck was started 54 times. (This includes those by the parking valet to move the vehicle so that number is a little inflated.)
• Our fuel economy in terms of miles per gallon have ranged from 24.7 mpg on the high side to 2.8 mpg on the low side (that 2.8 was leveling the trailer, and was less than .01 miles). Our average for the trip has been 13.4 miles per gallon.
• Tire pressure has been stable between 38 and 42 psi
• We have spent five nights at different campgrounds.

We are 30% through our 6,400 miles journey. 4,520 adventure filled miles to go…

Last night I took some time to prep for next week. Monday morning we are off to Chicagoland for our first overnight of the week, then the plan is to visit Sandusky, Ohio on Tuesday and Pennwood Airstream Park in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Wednesday, before heading to Uncle Mike’s on Thursday. From there were will determine how long we will be in the greater King of Prussia are and when we will start the journey west towards home. Until then, we shall enjoy the journey.

Tonight we’ll be setting up our stand at FurryMigration and working the event over the weekend.

Yesterday we made our way to our week long docking spot at one of Sean’s co-workers. Many thanks to the five of them (Mom, Dad, Baby, and two dogs) for letting us store our camper in their driveway for the week, we sincerely appreciate it. We then made our way to the lovely hotel Emery in downtown Minneapolis.

Unfortunately for me the hotel does not have guest laundry facilities other than dry cleaning. So here I sit waiting for the wash to be done! It’s pretty relaxing and I am able to get caught up on a weeks worth of news.

The plan for this week is to work from the hotel until Thursday then setup and vend books at FurryMigration over the weekend.

More than likely wont be any posts until Monday when we hit the road again.

We have arrived safely at our first overnight in the greater Minneapolis area. Tomorrow we will drop the trailer off at a friends for the week and check into a hotel for FurryMigration later this week into the weekend.

We did visit ValleyFair for a few hours this afternoon to take in the Corn Feast and enjoy so evening roller coaster action. Tomorrow we shall meet friends at the park and enjoy a day swimming, rides, and food…

Thoughts from the day by the traveling Fox…

Today was a shorter travel day as we’ve been cannonballing across the country to the tune of 1510.4 miles as of right now. We’ve visited six states including: Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, and no Minnesota. Tomorrow we are heading up to the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota. Later in the trip we will visit the biggest ball of twine in the USA. Tonight we are in Adrian, MN at a lovely camp ground enjoying a cocktail while pondering dinner.

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Monday we are docking our camper at a co-worker’s place and my plan is to clean the shell and do some laundry while getting ready for FurryMigration – a fandom event in Minneapolis.

We made it safely to South Dakota…

Tomorrow we make our way to Minnesota, with the Biggest Ball of Twine for Sunday.

Homemade Chicken Casserole and salad with homemade lemon vignette was dinner.

We took off from the Rawling KOA just before eight this morning. Now we’re taking a couple of hours to work and have a bite to eat.

Traveling By Map

Plan is to get to the KOA in Kadoka, SD this evening for our overnight and to try our hands at emptying the black and gray water tanks!

After a press pot of coffee and some light office work we pulled up the steaks and started our journey north to Rawlings, Wyoming.

We fully endorse the KOA in Beaver, Utah. Clean facilities, level grounds.

One of the things we will be doing is moving the filter to the camper water hookup, bot the directly to the spigot – even though this is what many in the campground had done.

Fox here…

We loaded up our trailer over the last three days to get ready for this epic cross country journey. Our plan was to depart from Las Vegas at 2:00 today, but then disaster broke…literally. I broke a window because I didn’t close it before turning the trailer to fill the water tank. Luckily I have a very understanding spouse and have dealt with trade show emergencies in my past. A few phone calls, a new window purchased, installed, and we were under way by 3:05.

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Our arrival to the KOA was greeted with rain, but we were able to quickly connect power, water, and disconnect from the truck.

Not feeling like cooking, we hit the Timberline Inn Restaurant for dinner. The pot roast is amazing and the pork isn’t too shabby either.

3.2% Beer is … interesting.

Tomorrow we’re working from the park then off to our next stop. Somewhere between B and C on the map.