Friday, August 15, 2008

The Final Tally

(The kids enjoyed Aunt Elizabeth's Lite Bright...)

We're still crunching the numbers, but here are a few stats for the trip:
  • Duration: 4 weeks
  • Distance Traveled (including excursions): 7,500 miles
  • Fuel Economy: 18.4MPG
  • Average Driving Speed: 48.4 MPH
  • Max Speed: 87.4 MPH
  • States Visited: 19
  • National Parks/Monuments Visited: 12
  • Geocaches Found: 36
  • Animals Killed (wih car): 4 
  • Repairs: 4 (less than $300 total)
  • Hours stopped on Route 70 in MD (flipped tanker) on our way home: 3.5
Mike

ps - 3 hours working our way through and around Chicago on a Friday afternoon + 3 hours stopped on Route 70 - less than an hour from home - really did us in.  About 22 straight hours in the car and we missed the Ilchester bike race.  :(

2 comments:

Kevicool said...

Welcome back.

Four weeks off work.

You are my hero.

Mike Z said...

400 gallons of gas!!!