We started at the Shell station behind our house with the trip meter at zero, 27 days later, 4444 miles had passed. Here's the final tally . . . .
4444 miles
242 gallons of gas
most expensive gas . . . 4.62 per gallon in Death Valley
least expensive gas . . . 2.80 per gallon in Tremonton, Utah
overall average for a gallon of premium gas . . . 3.66 (FJ needs the high octane stuff)
18.4 miles per gallon overall
We did manage over 20 mpg on the slow legs (Yosemite & Oregon with the speed limit of 65)
27 nights on the road
18 nights in a tent
2 nights with friends/relatives
7 nights in a hotel pushed our average cost to 44.74 per night
Death Valley offered the most economical lodging, less than 7 dollars per night
We had our average cost of lodging down to 20.50 until checking into a hotel in Pasadena
1 Flat Tire
No accurate tally on the beers consumed
14 meals in 27 days/nights that we didn't prepare (a nice cost savings)
114 points scored by the WSU/UW opponents in the final leg of our trip
0 points by the Cougars and Huskies in those games
Interstates driven on (in order)
5, 205, 5, 80, 10, 210, 5, 8, 15, 215, 15, 84, 82, 90
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3 comments:
wow!
As I was reading your most recent blog, I thought it was going to turn into a Master Card commercial.
I'm with Greg, I read this and thought: October 2008 Trip - Priceless!
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