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=HURRAH! You're going on a road trip! =

You have just graduated from high school and with the help of your parents you buy a used car called a VX-LCD. You and your friends have been talking about a road trip for years and now is the time before you all go off to college. You've been talking about this for years, you all have been working at Dominick's so you've saved some money ($1,000 each), all of you have good driving records and have insurance so you can share the driving, and now it has finally become a reality. You all agree that you want to go west and you have narrowed your choices down to San Diego, CA, Dallas, TX, The Grand Canyon, AZ, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, or Aspen, CO.



The Task (in small groups) You will create a presentation that demonstrates where you will be going and the various costs you may encounter. Your presentation may be a powerpoint, simple discussion with posters, podcast, video or if you have another idea talk to me about it. You will need to research each destination and include the following items:

1. The destination city and what you consider to be its highlights. (name at least 5) Try the city's Chamber of Commerce. 2. A mini journal of what you do each day on your trip (you are to be gone at least 7 days) Write it! 3. How much you spend on fuel to complete your trip both ways. You don"t have to follow the same roads both ways. Which Way? Gas prices 4. What type and cost of lodging per night. Hotels, Motels Budget page 5. Cost of food What do you feel like eating? 6. What type of activities will you will participate in and cost. (you should include one per day) Budget page 7. A graph showing how much you spent per catagory. You should also show total cost of trip and money you may have left at the end. If you enter the information in your spread sheet as you go along it will be very simple to produce these at the end of your research.Budget Page

So get your friends together, decide where you're going and who is going to look up the various catagories. HAVE FUN! But do be careful!!!!!