Just How Far Is It?

1,126 miles from doorstep to doorstep.  18 hours and 9 minutes if we don't take any pit stops.

Someone made the comment that you could drive to Russia in that time from London.  This might be an exaggeration.  But then again I've not been able to successfully google map it.

If we just take I-80 west for about a thousand miles we'll drive the radius of Indiana, slice Illinois in half, divide Missouri by quarters, trim Nebraska into a rectangle, and take the southwestern tip of Wyoming right off before coming to a screeching halt in Fort Collins, Colorado.

We'll make this drive twice in about two weeks.  We haul all of our worldly possessions, minus what will fit in Joshua's 2 door Scion on June 28th then fly back to Indiana for a wedding.  That drive we get to make together.  On July 14th (or thereabouts) we drive our cars separately.  My car will be empty but for myself, a bag of trail mix, a coffee, and my ipod.  You see, my Taurus might not make it.  It's a little rickety and honestly, I am bit worried to drive it even to Elkhart, which is only 3 hours.  If the car doesn't make it then we can ditch it at any junkyard and just nod, "Glad to be rid of the weight."

Now to book flights home!  Er, now to book flights back to Indiana!