Background and Stats
The idea was pretty simple: take a 'gap year' with the boys and travel across the States and then to points south. Set up a website/blog to document the adventure, share it with family and friends, and use it to host and record Grant and Ethan's curriculum. The focus would be on the experience itself and this site, hopefully, will reflect that concept.
You can also follow us on Instagram @amytcarey or #thecareyvan.
2nd Semester Final Stats
Start: Austin, Texas -
Finish:
128 # of days 'on the road'
738 longest single day drive: San Antonio to Santa Fe
0 # of nights spent in a Walmart parking lot (there actually were Walmarts in Mexico)
28 # of consecutive nights spent in one location: Popoyo, Nicaragua (all-time record)
8 # of Mayan ruins visited in the Yucatan Peninsula
15 # of sea turtles we swam alongside of off Akumal Beach, Quintana Roo, Mexico
16 # of days we had a rental car in Mexico
4 # of 'pull-overs' while going through police checkpoints
1 # of bribes paid
$100 amount of money paid in Mexican Pesos
7 # of days we had a rental car in Nicaragua
3 # of bribes we had to pay while driving our rental in Nicaragua
$80 amount of money paid in USD
0 # of things we did illegally while driving in Mexico and Nicaragua
1st Semester Final Stats
Start: Camp Deerwood - Tuesday, September 1st
Finish: Austin, Texas - Tuesday, December 15th*
106 # of days on the road
0 # of nights spent in a Walmart parking lot
9 # of things lost off the Careyvan, or out of the bed of the Bumble, while on the road
(4 bikes, 1 fold-up chair, 1 ground mat, 1 small gallon gas can [empty] and the RV sewer pipe)
53 # of Wall Drug signs
$3.77 most expensive diesel per gallon (Crane Flat, Yosemite; previous record $2.98 Hulett, Wyoming)
14,307 miles travelled (!)
14.5 # of hours on the longest day of traveling (Deerwood - Cleveland)
9 # of blizzards purchased at a Dairy Queen
21 # of nights cooking outside on a grill, stove or fire
11/3 # of days of rain/snow (3 out of 5 days on the Olympic peninsula alone!)
23 coldest temp (morning in Bishop, California; water pipe froze in the camper)
3 # of sunglasses broken
*On the 15th of December we flew back to the East Coast to spend the holidays with our families. The first stop was with Peter, Abby, Ava and Vivian Carey in NYC from the 15th-18th before taking the train up to Fairfield, Connecticut. The 2nd Semester of our journey starts again when we fly back to Austin, Texas on the 19th of January after Jessica Clough's wedding!
You can also follow us on Instagram @amytcarey or #thecareyvan.
2nd Semester Final Stats
Start: Austin, Texas -
Finish:
128 # of days 'on the road'
738 longest single day drive: San Antonio to Santa Fe
0 # of nights spent in a Walmart parking lot (there actually were Walmarts in Mexico)
28 # of consecutive nights spent in one location: Popoyo, Nicaragua (all-time record)
8 # of Mayan ruins visited in the Yucatan Peninsula
15 # of sea turtles we swam alongside of off Akumal Beach, Quintana Roo, Mexico
16 # of days we had a rental car in Mexico
4 # of 'pull-overs' while going through police checkpoints
1 # of bribes paid
$100 amount of money paid in Mexican Pesos
7 # of days we had a rental car in Nicaragua
3 # of bribes we had to pay while driving our rental in Nicaragua
$80 amount of money paid in USD
0 # of things we did illegally while driving in Mexico and Nicaragua
1st Semester Final Stats
Start: Camp Deerwood - Tuesday, September 1st
Finish: Austin, Texas - Tuesday, December 15th*
106 # of days on the road
0 # of nights spent in a Walmart parking lot
9 # of things lost off the Careyvan, or out of the bed of the Bumble, while on the road
(4 bikes, 1 fold-up chair, 1 ground mat, 1 small gallon gas can [empty] and the RV sewer pipe)
53 # of Wall Drug signs
$3.77 most expensive diesel per gallon (Crane Flat, Yosemite; previous record $2.98 Hulett, Wyoming)
14,307 miles travelled (!)
14.5 # of hours on the longest day of traveling (Deerwood - Cleveland)
9 # of blizzards purchased at a Dairy Queen
21 # of nights cooking outside on a grill, stove or fire
11/3 # of days of rain/snow (3 out of 5 days on the Olympic peninsula alone!)
23 coldest temp (morning in Bishop, California; water pipe froze in the camper)
3 # of sunglasses broken
*On the 15th of December we flew back to the East Coast to spend the holidays with our families. The first stop was with Peter, Abby, Ava and Vivian Carey in NYC from the 15th-18th before taking the train up to Fairfield, Connecticut. The 2nd Semester of our journey starts again when we fly back to Austin, Texas on the 19th of January after Jessica Clough's wedding!