Here you can read about the itinerary and provisions.

Alex’s Destinations:

1. Starting Point: Issaquah, WA
2. Clinton, WA (on Whidbey Island, one of the San Juan Islands in the Puget Sound)
3. Freeland, WA (also on Whidbey)
4. Issaquah, WA
5. Spokane, WA
6. Coeur d’Alene, ID
7. Minneapolis, MN
8. Chicago, TN,
9. Boise, ID
10. Placerville, CA (near Sacramento)
11. Gresham, OR (near Portland)
12. Lacey, WA (near Olympia)
13. Tacoma, WA (near Seattle)
14. Issaquah, WA

Tourist Destinations:

• Redwood Forest (California)
• Mt. Rushmore (South Dakota)
• Crazy Horse (South Dakota)
• The Badlands (South Dakota)
• Devil’s Tower (Wyoming)

Please provide sight-seeing suggestions for the following states!

• North Dakota
• Montana
• Minnesota
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Wyoming
• Utah
• Idaho
• Nevada
• Oregon

Total miles: roughly 5,500

Total driving time: roughly 90 hours

Number of states seen: 11-14

Start Date: 22 October 2012

End Date: 20 December 2012

Provisions:

1. Clothes
   1. Many t-shirts. Some long-sleeve, others short
   2. Nice pair of jeans
   3. Favorite pair of jeans
   4. Lotsa wool socks
   5. Cotton socks
   6. Red sweater
   7. Two fleeces
   8. Winter snow cap
   9. Gloves
   10. Mittens
   11. Scarf
   12. Shoes
   13. Orange coat
   14. Boots
   15. Gators
   16. Work clothes
       • Shirt
       • Jeans
       • Coat
   17. Set of dress clothes
       • White shirt
       • Black wool plants
       • Blue tie
       • Black socks
   18. Swimming trunks!
2. Tools
   1. Caulking gun
   2. Duct tape
   3. Leatherman
   4. Pocketknife
   5. Ratchet tie-downs
   6. Screw driver
   7. Shovel
   8. Utility knife
   9. Wrench set
3. Food provisions
   1. Food
      • Beans
      • Cane sugar
      • Case of water bottles (emergency supply)
      • Chocolate
      • Crackers
      • Eggs (Hard-bioled)
      • Fresh coffee beans
      • Fruit
      • Hot chocolate
      • Pasta
      • Rice
      • Salt & pepper
      • Starbucks Via (coffee)
      • Tea
      • Tortillas
   2. Cooking tools
      • Can opener
      • Fork
      • Knife
      • Long-nose lighter
      • Mess kit
      • Spoon
      • Stove
      • Thermos
      • White fuel
4. Miscellaneous
   1. Absentee ballots and voter’s guides
   2. Bungee cord
   3. Desanitizing wipes
   4. Extra headlight lamp
   5. Extra piece of foam
   6. First-aid kits
   7. Flashlight
   8. Give-a-way Bibles
   9. Hand sanitizer
   10. Key duplicates
   11. Kleenex
   12. Lens cleaner
   13. Mini-tripod
   14. Paper towels
   15. Pen and pencils
   16. Plastic bags
   17. Printed state maps
   18. Snowshoes
   19. Sunglasses
   20. Tarp
   21. Toiletries
   22. Towels
   23. Tripod
   24. Twine
   25. Water bottle
   26. Weatherproof matches
5. Books:
   • Bilingual Bible
   • Getting funded
   • Journal
   • Ruthless trust
6. Vehicle operation
   1. Antifreeze
   2. Emergency flares
   3. Ice scrapper & snow brush combo
   4. Jumper cables
   5. Motor Oil
   6. Tire chains
   7. Tire wedges (two pieces of firewood lol)
   8. Vehicle user’s manual
   9. Window defogger
7. Sleeping provisions
   • Cotton comforter
   • Earplugs
   • Mattress
   • Sleeping bag
   • Velcro drapes for canopy
   • Wool blanket
8. Electronics (never left in car unattended!)
   1. Alarm clock
   2. Battery charger
   3. Canon SLR camera
   4. Extra batteries
   5. GPS
   6. Headphones
   7. Laptop
   8. Miscellaneous cards not fitting in my wallet
   9. Music CDs
   10. Pont-and-shoot camera
   11. Rechargeable batteries
   12. USB drive
   13. Wireless mouse
9. For delivery:
   • Art supplies
   • Empty CD cases
   • Old clunker laptop
   • Special license plate

The Vehicle

Route Rough Draft

The Departure