[2014-07-07] Texas family journeyed to New Hampshire using only bitcoin

[epere]

http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/12588401-95/texas-family-journeyed-to-new-hampshire-using-only-bitcoin

Bleish and her husband, John Bush, drove from San Marcos, Texas, between Austin and San Antonio, to Lancaster, in New Hampshire’s Great North Woods, for the Porcupine Freedom Festival, an annual campsite gathering of the Free State Project.

They packed 2-year-old Aliana and 16-month-old Bill into the minivan and traveled almost the entire 4,400-mile journey spending only bitcoin for everything from hotel rooms to snacks.

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[medUSA]

I admire their courage to take 2 kids across the country with this challenge.

At first, I thought it would be difficult to find a gas station which accepts bitcoin, but it wasn't:
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/12690/paying-bitcoin-gas-pump/

It was in fact accommodation... I felt sorry for them, they were sooo close  

I actually sat in the car sobbing when John paid with the credit card. I had committed to doing this, and I felt like a failure

[freedomno1]

It's definitely a lot easier than it was even a little less than a year ago
Remembers the first time someone tried to live a week or two with Bitcoin
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/12/living-on-bitcoin-a-year-later-the-all-bitcoin-start-up-with-no-bank-account/