Road Trip U.S.A. - 151 Days, 7 Hours, and 13 minutes - July 19th, 2010 to December 17th 2010
CAR
- Miles Driven - 23,106.4 (Average of 152 miles per day)
- Longest one day drive - 925.9 miles between Miami, FL and Southern VA on 12/16
- Number of states visited or driven through - 35 states and 1 Canadian province
- Times slept in car - 17 (11% of total trip)
- Number of times stopped for gas - 59
- Money spent on fuel for car - $1886.89 (Split gas from 10/18 - 11/23 - Total cost of fuel for car = $2135.83)
- Total cost for car repairs/oil changes - $762.23 (two oil changes, new exhaust system/muffler, three coolant hoses)
- Car Insurance - $105 (5 months)
- Total I spent to drive, maintain, and insure car - $2,754
- Total miles hiked - 366
- Number of National Parks, Lake shores, and recreation areas visited - 25
- Number of nights slept in tent - 57 (38% of total trip)
- Number of nights slept in hammock - 5 (3% of total trip)
4 Walled Sleeping
- Number of nights in a hotel - 27 (18% of total trip)
- Favorite hotel - Wawona Inn - Yosemite National Park
- Number of nights in a hostel - 6 (4% of total trip)
- Number of nights in someone's home - 39 (26% of total trip)
Miscellaneous
- Total spent on sleeping (camping, hotels, etc.) - $1775.15 (Avg. of $11.76 per night)
- State I spent the most days in -
- 1. California (32 days - 21% of total trip)
- 2. Idaho (14 days)
- 3. Utah (13 days)
- States visited on 3 separate occasions during course of trip (came in and left three different times) - Utah and Colorado
- Most crucial item brought on the trip - Victorninox Down Jacket and Car GPS
- Worst items brought on trip - Small camping grill along with 5 gas canisters - Never used once
- Number of continental breakfasts raided - Sadly I didn't keep track - but I'd venture to guess around 30.
- The best - Holiday Inn Express
What's next for Destination Nowhere? - A five month tour through Mexico and Central America - Departing January 5th, 2011 - I'll continue to blog - Happy New Year everyone!!
2 oil changes in 23,000 miles???? lucky the whole thing didn't shit the bed.
ReplyDeleteit leaked a bit of oil..I was always adding oil...it was all good....car runs like a champ.
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