Ready to go...

Done with pre-departure preparations. All 85 of my fellow Ukraine English teaching volunteers had two long days of classes about safety, cultural integration, and logistics. Now taking care of last minute things, oddly not nervous, excited. Leave JFK at 6pm eastern, stop in Germany on Monday morning, then Kyiv by the afternoon. I won't have internet or phone access for at least 3 days when I get there. Time for a run, then dinner. Stupid Achilles.

Testing other posting possibilities

This was my day in Denny, CA

Clarification

I sold my Honda on Friday
I spent the summer in Seattle on a sailboat,
so my apparently giant roadtrip did not happen all at once.


This blog is mainly to document my Peace Corps adventure in Ukraine, which starts on Monday. It remains to be seen how often I will have internet access. I started it now, in case I am working in an internet cafe or with some other access time limit. Before I get there, I will undoubtedly make a bunch of really bad posts trying to figure out how to use a blog. That's all for now.

My 1991 Honda Accord LX

I don't have dates to go with my gas stops this summer, but despite my guilty carbon conscience, I thought I would share my summer of 4 wheeled American freedom. Ah the joy of carrying a calculator in the glove box.

Philadelphia, PA 26.95mpg $3.13/gal
South Bend, IN 33.96mpg $3.65/gal
Oshkosh, WI 33.07mpg $3.42/gal
Hastings, MN 33.76mpg $3.09/gal
Furgus Falls, MN 27.42mpg $3.24/gal
Valley City, ND 26.33mpg $3.24/gal
Dickinson, ND 31.58mpg $3.30/gal
Glasgow, MT 34.69mpg $3.29/gal
Chester, MT 30.83mpg $2.29/gal
St. Mary, MT 29.01mpg $3.39/gal
Calgary, Alberta 32.42mpg 118.4Canadian cents/liter
Jasper, Alberta 34.63mpg 117.9/l
Prince George, BC 35.50mpg 124.9/l
Smithers, BC 31.89mpg 123.9/l
Bell 2, BC 31.51mpg 31.51mpg 134.9/l
Dease Lake, BC 30.18mpg 133.9/l
Watson Lake, Yukon Territory 35.60mpg 129.9/l
Johnson Crossing, YT 27.80mpg 129.9/l
Hains Junction, YT 30.44mpg 122.9/l
Beaver Creek, YT 33.75mpg 126.0/l
Glenallen, AK 33.92mpg $3.45/gal
Palmer, AK 29.56mpg $3.05/gal
Anchorage, Ak 30.58mpg $2.99/gal
Tok, AK 31.35mpg $2.98/gal
White Horse, YT 32.24mpg 119.9/l
Alaska/Cassiar Highway jct (1&37), YT 30.22mpg 129.9/l
Dease Lake, BC 33.44mpg 134.9/l
Smithers, BC 31.10mpg 122.9/l
Prince George, BC 31.01mpg 117.9/l
Bellingham, WA 32.98mpg $3.04/gal
Snowqualmie, WA 28.07mpg $2.99/gal
Olympia, WA 33.01mpg $2.89/gal
Olympia, WA 35.16mpg $2.99/gal
Seattle, WA 27.47mpg $2.59/gal
Coeur d'Alene, ID 32.69mpg $2.77/gal
Dillon, MT 35.61mpg $2.91/gal
Belgrade, MT 35.41mpg $2.89/gal
Spokane, WA 34.12mpg $2.75/gal
Castle Rock, WA 33.58mpg $2.91/gal
Eureka, CA 36.23mpg $3.05/gal
Colfax, CA 35.50mpg $2.99/gal
Fallon, NV 35.54mpg $2.85/gal
Scipio, UT 32.44mpg $2.67/gal
Walsenberg, CO 35.17mpg $2.85/gal
Walsenberg, CO 34.34mpg $2.79/gal

My first car. I wonder what I'll get next?