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While planning WVT (Still missing: an officiant and venue for actually getting married), it has become distressingly apparant that neither of us is very good at estimating distances between two cities. You can see the obvious problems this could pose when planning a six-week road trip. At first, our strategy was for me to ask Harrison “About how far is it between X and Y?” and then confirm his answer with GoogleMaps. We eventually realized that it’s far easier to ask GoogleMaps in the first place.

In general, Harrison is better at estimating distances than I am (except for small measures of length, such as one foot). 

I suspect this is because he grew up in the suburbs and spent a lot more time on the roads than I did in the formative driving years of 15-18.

So, today, in the spirit of good-natured pre-marital competition, we will attempt to estimate the distances between two locations on Wedding Victory Tour and see who is closest based on directions from GoogleMaps.

Chicago, IL to Seattle, WA

Google Maps says 2,064 miles. (Harrison!)

 

Boston, MA to New York, NY

Google Maps says 216 miles. (Mica!)

 

Richmond, VA to Hanover, NH

Google Maps says 597 miles. (Harrison! Full disclosure: He already knew the distance between Richmond and Boston.)

 

San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA

Google Maps says 381 miles. (Harrison!)

 

San Diego, CA to Las Vegas, NV

Google Maps says 326 miles. (Harrison!)

 

San Antonio, TX to Atlanta, GA

Google Maps says 989 miles. (Mica!)

Lightning Death Round! Paris, France to Sydney, Australia (as the crow flies)

WolframAlpha says 10,537 miles. (Mica! Harrison!)

 

Final results – Harrison: 5, Mica: 2

Oh well, good thing I’m not getting a Master’s in estimating distances….