The Contest

Planning is in full swing. We've mapped a route that will take us to San Antonio, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Panajachel, Tegucigalpa, San Marcos, and Playa San Miguel. We're sure to add a few more stops in the final days leading up to departure.

We were hoping to run a little raffle to see who can guess the country or state of Randal's final resting place. Likely this will be where the car mechanically gives out, but could also be a result of time (I need to be back on work on August 6) or bartering for impressive embroidery as the situation demands. Primarily, your guess should take into account the full spectrum of auto work that has completed as detailed in the Spirited Away post. The rules are simple. Send $5 to my paypal account (gregbesser@gmail) before Monday July 9th and state your expected state/country of breakdown in the comments. When Randal comes to rest, we'll report winners. The prize pot will consist of 50% of the money entrusted and several souvenirs from the predicted location. If several people guess the same location, the prizes will be split. Our goal with this contest is to raise two tank's worth of gas money and get people psyched up and talking trash on our blog's comments. You've all been excellent readers so far and we have over 200 hits. Unfortunately, Andrew and I are insatiable and want more interaction in the comments below.

To help you out I've included a little bit of detail about each country or state through which we intend to pass. Risk takers make choose to take off-route locations like Kansas and Venezuela but it is suggested you stick to the countries and American and Mexican states listed below. Keep in mind, the US and Mexico are not acceptable guesses, instead you must guess a state within Mexico or US. Go on paypal and knock this out now. Time is of the essence!

1. Washington, DC...........3.2 Miles.......15 mins
2. Virginia.........................377 Miles......7 hours
3. Tennessee......................224 Miles......4 hours
4. Georgia...........................29 Miles.......30 mins
5. Alabama.........................242 Miles......4 hours
6. Mississippi.....................176 Miles......3 hours
7. Louisiana........................265 Miles..... 5 hours
8. Texas...............................429 Miles......1 day
9. Tamaulipas......................26 Miles........30 mins
10. Nuevo Leon.....................317 Miles.....6 hours
11. Coahuila...........................9 Miles........10 min
12. San Luis Potosi.................191 Miles....4 hours
13. Guanajuato.......................48 Miles.... 1 day
14. Queretaro..........................63 Miles......1 hour
15. Hidalgo............................91 Miles........2 hours
16. Mexico (city)....................44 Miles..... 3 days
17. Pueblo..............................182 Miles.....3 hours
18. Oaxaca.............................372 Miles.....2 days
19. Chiapas............................154 Miles.....1 day
20. Guatemala........................296 Miles.....2 days
21. Honduras..........................367 Miles.....2 days
22. Nicaragua.........................238 Miles.....5 days
23. Costa Rica.......................281 Miles......5 days
24. Panama............................???? Miles.....????
25. Ecuador...........................???? Miles.....????

For this to be a success we really need your participation! Please help us out, I think this will be fun for everyone and help us give out some sweet souvenirs!