June 30, 2011

Craig & Nicole Flood, coming soon to a city near you!!

We are getting ready to embark on the longest trip either of us have taken in the U.S. at the beginning of August. Our last day at the hospital will be July 28, and then we are packing up the Stanza and heading out on the road for a seven week tour of the United States! We'll end in Portland about a week before the fall school quarter begins. Adventure, here we come...

Craig has been working hard to make our '86 Nissan Stanza the most roadworthy adventure-mobile possible.

First addition was a custom fold out bed in the back of the car...as comfy as our bed at home!











Next came the Yakima box and bike racks for the top...


Ultimately we hope to have a converter in the car and a generator mounted on top to let us be as self-sufficient on the road as possible. Nicole is working on collecting the four essential items for cooking on the road...a Rice Cooker, mini George Foreman, an Electric Kettle, and an Electric Wok.

We will be covering 30 states, at least 6 national parks, and roughly 9,000 miles in these seven weeks. Follow along as we chronicle our journey...it should be an adventure of a lifetime!

Here is the map of our estimated itinerary...

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