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anyone have any good resources or personal experiences? This may be
the first time I weigh the cost of gas and decide to go Prius/motel
rather than EVC/camping. Your thoughts?

I do not have any personal experience but I happened to listen to and interview today with Keith Meldahl author of the book Hard Road West, The book is actually about the gold rush trail to California but I believe it followed the same route as the Oregon trail for at least half of the way. There is a link to the interview here -

Larry
LA, CA

rvdalton <rvdalton@...> wrote: anyone have any good resources or personal experiences? This may be
the first time I weigh the cost of gas and decide to go Prius/motel
rather than EVC/camping. Your thoughts?

10,000 miles divided by 20mpg = 500 gal of fuel; $4.00 x 500 gal = $2000.
Dang!

Interesting that you have a Prius as well as an EVC since we have an '04 Prius. I've also thought about the high cost of gas (and the consumption guilt issue, too) for the EVC camping trip vs the Prius camping trip [we have no problem going on long tent camping trips with small vehicles (our first crosscountry camping trip was done in a 1970 Austin America)]. About 3 years ago my wife, adult daughter, and I took a 30 day, 8900-mile crosscountry camping trip in the Prius. The poor car held up well and averaged 47.5 MPG. I figure that we bought the EVC for camping trips and that the increased fuel prices (well, up to a certain point, anyway) will not put a damper on EVC vacations. We're planning a trip of approx. 10,000 miles in the fall.

Bruce Webster
'97 EVC
'04 Prius
(work in progress) 97 Ford Ranger EV conversion

rvdalton <rvdalton@...> wrote:
anyone have any good resources or personal experiences? This may be
the first time I weigh the cost of gas and decide to go Prius/motel
rather than EVC/camping. Your thoughts?

Yeah I know, it seems like a lot of $$$, but when compared to the overall costs associated with a 4 - 6 week, 10K mile vacation, it doesn't seem like so much. For me it is all in the budgeting.

Sea2river@... wrote: 10,000 miles divided by 20mpg = 500 gal of fuel; $4.00 x 500 gal = $2000.
Dang!

--- In ev_update@..., "rvdalton" <rvdalton@...> wrote:

anyone have any good resources or personal experiences? This may be
the first time I weigh the cost of gas and decide to go Prius/motel
rather than EVC/camping. Your thoughts?

I weigh the costs too, between taking my 20 mpg VW Rialta or my 52
mpg Passat and staying in guest homes (non-commercial ~ $25/night,
different directories available on-line / subscription) or my VW IDI
Diesel Rabbit pickup or car (~46 mpg)and a tent. You can probably
fetch a 50 mpg diesel Rabbit from your neighbor's briar patch. I got
several that way, sometimes for free, but usually under $100. You can
make a 'grease' kit for ~ $100 and just hope you find enough friendly
food joints to keep fueled (Chinese and Mexican are best).

Another way I like to travel if I have time is to stop and work for
fuel money. You can meet some interesting folks doing this.

We have used Guesthomes for international and US travel for over
15yrs, really nice to meet new folks, often they are farmers and you
can work for fuel. They also can help you with local events / history.
We started by using a 'homeschool' guesthome directory, but have since
added others.

All,
I'm with Robert.
We just finished a 3,800 mile trip from Portland, Oregon to El Paso, Texas and back though the red rock country of the desert southwest in our 97 EVC and wouldn't have done it any other way. It can be rationalized in many ways, $ per day, cheap sleeping, great views from the front seat of a Eurovan, etc.
As for the Oregon trail, My son and I started at Oregon City one summer and back tracked the Oregon Trail east until we ran out of time. It took us a week to get to just inside of Idaho. As our not so distant relatives had been immigrants on this trail it was very moving to see it, stand on it, look both ways and be glad our prairie schooner had springs, an engine, fridge and beds.
If the EVC is driven at a leisurely pace the mileage is relatively good (20-22) considering the thing is hauling all of you stuff, your selves and will weigh in at around 6,000 lb when fully loaded for a trip. Just more reasons to take the backroads, slow down & relax.
When tracking the Oregon Trail be sure to take in every museum and interpretive center on the way, there are many and they vary greatly.
Good travels,
Dale, 97 EVC
Portland,
Oregon


Robert Webster <salsared2004@...> wrote:
Yeah I know, it seems like a lot of $$$, but when compared to the overall costs associated with a 4 - 6 week, 10K mile vacation, it doesn't seem like so much. For me it is all in the budgeting.

Sea2river@... wrote: 10,000 miles divided by 20mpg = 500 gal of fuel; $4.00 x 500 gal = $2000.
Dang!