This was initially posted on my previous blog on March 13, 2017.
I tried to keep track of specific costs and numbers on my trip since I had never done anything like that. So here is my trip by the numbers.
Gas: $1441
Lodging (mostly RV parks): $1067.59
Miles covered: Somewhere between 5500 and 6000 miles
Car Problems: 3
Total cost to fix car: $900 (thank goodness insurance covered UHaul’s errors)
Days off agenda: 2 (sadly we lost Banff and Vancouver)
States I traveled through: 21
National Parks: 13
- Badlands
- Yellowstone
- Grand Tetons
- Glacier National Park
- Crater Lake
- Redwoods
- Yosemite
- Zion
- Bryce Canyon
- Capital Reef
- Arches
- Canyonlands
- Rocky Mountain
State/Local Parks: 6
- Mesa Falls, ID
- Jewel Basin, MT
- Multnomah Falls, OR
- Mount Sanitas, CO
- Garden of the Gods, CO
- Castlewood Canyon, CO
Other events:
- Visting family in Washington
- Wedding in Portland
- Wine tasting with Mom and Dad in Napa and Sonoma
- Time with friends in Colorado
- Watching the Cubs win Game 5 of World Series
PB&J sandwiches: Too many to count
Campfires: Only 2
Rainy Days: Any day we were in a city
Beautiful Days: Any day we were at a park
Wineries visited: 16
Bottles of wine purchased: 12
Time spent with family on the road: almost 4 weeks
Cubs games watched/listened to: 20
Memories: Priceless!
Can’t wait for my next road trip!
