Preparing for The Big Trip

Posted on 20 August 2008 by Jason

I’ve delayed the start of my trip by a day. My last day on the job was Monday, and I needed a day to unwind and col­lect my thoughts before I could seri­ously con­sider pack­ing every­thing I’d need into the car for a trip that could last more than a month.

I’m using a Dash Express GPS for nav­i­ga­tion, and to power the Dipity timeline/map on the front page of the site. I’m shoot­ing video with a Panasonic HDC-SD9, and using a Nikon D200 for still pho­tog­ra­phy, and a Zoom H2 for audio recording.

So, the trip starts Thursday, when I head to St. Louis. I plan on stop­ping at Mario’s in Greenville, Ill., for pizza, because it’s been rec­om­mended to me.

Thanks for com­ing along for the ride.

About Jason

Twiddler of knobs, pusher of buttons, creator of visual whatnots
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  • jasonbaldwin
    The Dash Express is kinda great, but not without its flaws. For instance, it's telling me it can't search along a route because there is no route. But there is. I'm confused.

    The plan is to go until I run out of money, basically. I'm heading to St. Louis today, Denver via KC, then Albuquerque, Tucson, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle before heading back east. Then it's the Great Lakes, or at least Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago before heading home for a couple days, then following the Mississippi to New Orleans, east around Florida, and up the coast to New York and beyond.
  • Amy
    That Dash Express looks pretty nifty. Why didn't I buy one of those? I love my Garmin, and the funny way that the but the traffic service is worthless. I'm not even going to renew the subscription when the 90-day trial runs out.

    So has the East Coast been crossed off your itinerary? We have better pizza than you'll get in Greenville, IL. :-)
  • Tony
    Mario's is awesome!
  • Jason,

    Tom Jones?

    Dewd!

    Bon voyage. Travel safe, well, and happy. At least ABG isn't threatening to take you to court to get back their money.

    Mike
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