{"id":10446,"date":"2017-10-28T22:30:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourpangaea.net\/?p=10446"},"modified":"2017-10-29T17:11:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T06:11:30","slug":"by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourpangaea.net\/?p=10446","title":{"rendered":"By the numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Any time is a good time to add data to a spreadsheet – even the sunny beaches of Louisiana<\/p><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t you love spreadsheets?\u00a0 A good spreadsheet reveals all sorts of interesting information, some of it even useful, and a wealth of new knowledge that is almost always ignored or forgotten.\u00a0 And when a spreadsheet can produce meaningful statistics, even better.\u00a0 Well, I’m into spreadsheets, big time, and have kept a detailed spreadsheet of the first leg of our Follow the Sun journey.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a few facts and figures that might be interesting.<\/p>\n

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Endless useless data at your fingertips whenever you need it<\/p><\/div>\n

One comment about our miles and dollars.\u00a0 We probably travelled more per day and spent more per day than most overlanders.\u00a0 There are many overland blogs where travellers travelled much slower and spent much less than us.\u00a0 The two are linked because if your miles are lower then your fuel costs are also lower.\u00a0 Our plan was always to see as much as we could in our limited time rather than take the approach of going slow and easy such as camping out on a quiet beach for a week and doing nothing (although that would be nice).\u00a0 Both strategies are valid but I think we got the mix right for our particular style of travel.<\/p>\n

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Our maintenance costs on the trip were much higher than expected<\/p><\/div>\n

We had a target (rather than a strict budget) on what to spend per day which we exceeded if you include all our maintenance costs, scenic flights and other big splurges.\u00a0 But we chose not to stress too much\u00a0about our day to day costs so sometimes had nice cheeses for cocktail hour or even \u2013 occasionally \u2013 bottled wine with dinner.\u00a0 We tried to be thrifty and economical and as low cost as possible but we weren’t manic about it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, in no particular order here\u2019s a few bits of information from our travel through North America this year.<\/p>\n

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