Final Trip Statistics

We compiled the following statistics to wrap up our trip blog. Thanks to all who kept up with our travels, your comments & emails during the trip helped us remain connected.

Total Days of trip 56 days (8 weeks exactly)

Total Miles traveled door to door : 12,900 miles

Average MPG 28.5 MPG

Gallons of gas used: 450 gallons

$ spent on gasoline $1850

Books read: Ivo: 2 S: 1 Xi: 8 Q: 3

Highest gas price $ 4.59 Beverly Hills CA (middle of trip)

Lowest gas price $ 3.59 Columbia, MO (near end of trip)

Highest temperature 114˚F in Las Vegas (but it was a dry heat!)

Lowest temperature 25˚F in Silverton, CO

Days of rain: Only ½ a day!

Photographs taken: 12, 200 images (54 GB)

Steepest grade driven 16% for 5.5 miles at Black Canyon of the Gunnison in CO

Scariest drives: From Durango, Co. to Ouray Co, the Mesa Verde National
Park access road, and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison campground access road with its 16% grade.

Scariest hikes: Angel’s Landing hike in Zion Natl. Park because of sheer steepness and narrow trails and Glacier National Park because of the constant threat of grizzlies

Highest elevation hiked: 12,100 ft. at Spencer Basin near Silverton, CO.

Nastiest shower : Sequoia National Park showers (being demolished this fall because they are over 100 years old!)

Nastiest restroom: Weed, CA at the Chevron gas station

Coolest swim

Xi: Pacific Palisades Beach in CA
S: Jackson Lake at the Grand Tetons in WY
Q: Malibu Beach, Ca. Amarillo TX Best Western, Nephi, Ut. Best Western
Ivo: Rob & Suzie’s lap pool Indianapolis, Moab UT Best Western, Snake River while white water rafting in WY,Pacific Palisades Beach, SanFrancisco Best Western (guess who likes to swim?)

Miles hiked: 90.5 miles

Longest day in the car: 30 hours from Rawlins, WY to Cincinnati, Ohio (technically more
than one day, but it was one drive!)

Average hours driving when traveling to new location: 4.5 hrs.

DVDs movies watched in car while driving S: 4 Xi: 0 Q: 10 Ivo: 11

Longest it took to break camp and load car: 3 hours the Shortest: 1 ¾ hours

Average time it takes to load the car when all bags/gear is sitting ready next to car: 15 min.

Accuracy of Lupe’ our Honda GPS navigation system : 95%

Number of blisters Xi-2, S-0, Ivo- 3, and Q: 3

Number of packages sent back home during trip: 11

Favorite meal (s) S: Mexican food in Socorro, NM & Delphi Greek L.A. XI: Frank & Lupes’ Big Sombrero in Socorro, NM (Mexican) & our meal at Claudia and Ted’s in Silverton, CO. Ivo: Pancakes & bacon at the Sequoia campsite, Natalia’s restaurant in Silverton Co. after a big hike. Q: C.J.’s diner in Durango Co.

Scariest car traffic: SM’s-San Diego to L.A. between 9-11 p.m. on a Saturday night Xi’s-5 a.m. rush hour in St. Louis, MO during a thunderstorm.

Thanks again for following along!

S, Q, Xi, Ivo