Thursday, August 23rd
Now that we’re not moving, we have the time to look back and crunch some numbers relating to this trip. The math is pretty startling. We traveled a total of 6,690.8 miles through eleven U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. We spent 133 hours and two minutes in the car (a total of five days, thirteen hours, and two minutes) over the course of our 23-day trip. Of that, we spent 120 hours and 29 minutes (5 days and 29 minutes) physically moving, while we were stopped (in traffic, checking a map, taking photos, etc.) for 12 hours and 33 minutes.
We stopped for gas 30 times, topping off in every state we traveled through with the exception of Alabama. Over our 30 fill-ups, we purchased 315.116 gallons of fuel. The most expensive gas we purchased was $6.041 per gallon in Toad River, British Columbia, while the least expensive gas was $3.369 per gallon in Gautier, Mississippi; our average gas cost was $4.193/gallon. And, the statistic that everyone is waiting for: Our overall mileage for the entire trip was 21.747 miles per gallon; our best mileage was 25.939 miles per gallon from Williams, Arizona, to Tuba City, Arizona, while our worst mileage was 17.660 miles per gallon from North Las Vegas, Nevada, to Williams, Arizona. (Yes, oddly enough, they were back-to-back tanks of gas.) We also used GoogleMaps to map out every gas station we visited:
(More to read below the maps.)
Follow Ups:
Charla’s train-whistle playing has improved dramatically.
If they’re still on schedule, the Military Vehicle Preservation Association AlCan Convoy should be pulling into Whitehorse tonight.
Despite checking the CBC, the Vancouver Sun, and the Whitehorse Star, we never discovered what crime had taken place at the Liard River Hotsprings.
The United States won 104 Olympic medals, Canada won 18, and countries such as Algeria, Botswana, and Tajikistan each won one.
As of today, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has no useful information on case number 120814-1353, more importantly known as “the case of the stolen bicycle tire.”
We found every US license plate except for Rhode Island, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. We also found randoms such as Romania, Western Australia, and Puerto Rico. For more details on those, check out our license plate game page. (Another fact: We had found over half of the U.S. states and over half of the Canadian provinces before we even left Alaska.)
We are already dreaming about our next driving adventure. Also, stay tuned to this blog for information on our Florida adventures now that we’re here!
If they’re still on schedule, the Military Vehicle Preservation Association AlCan Convoy should be pulling into Whitehorse tonight.
Despite checking the CBC, the Vancouver Sun, and the Whitehorse Star, we never discovered what crime had taken place at the Liard River Hotsprings.
The United States won 104 Olympic medals, Canada won 18, and countries such as Algeria, Botswana, and Tajikistan each won one.
As of today, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has no useful information on case number 120814-1353, more importantly known as “the case of the stolen bicycle tire.”
We found every US license plate except for Rhode Island, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. We also found randoms such as Romania, Western Australia, and Puerto Rico. For more details on those, check out our license plate game page. (Another fact: We had found over half of the U.S. states and over half of the Canadian provinces before we even left Alaska.)
We are already dreaming about our next driving adventure. Also, stay tuned to this blog for information on our Florida adventures now that we’re here!
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