In the past I have been asked for a map of the trip. I always figured that most people could enter our locations into Google Maps or Earth and see where we were. However I thought today I would show you the entire trip directly from the planning software I have been using for several years. Here is a link to the WHOLE Trip. I could also give you Google’s version of where we have been Timeline. It is almost as good as the actual map.
Facts: Miles driven 3,225. Diesel Fuel Purchased 416.59 Gallons – we started with about 3/4 of a tank (100 gallon tank capacity) and topped off in Pembroke NY. That came to $1,324. The inevitable question is how many miles per gallon – 7.74 but we burned probably 11 gallons in the generator. Cost per mile is $.41 not bad for moving almost 40,000 pounds across the country. Maybe the most shocking number is what we paid for campgrounds – $1,075 and we stayed for free for 7 nights. We averaged $51 per night in campgrounds. That includes 4 nights in an Elks Lodge for $35/night. This is where inflation is the most visible. It is about double what we might have seen 10 years ago.
I was tempted to compare it to traveling by car, but I don’t have real facts and travel by plane is a very different category of travel.
When we were on the road, Don’s brother and my oldest sister, put up a map of North America and kept track of where we went with lines drawn on the maps. It was so nice they expressed such interest in our travels. Now we still keep an Atlas on the table near the T.V. Whenever a place is in the news, we look it us. We were either there or nearby! Soooo glad we had the RVing experience, especially now that our health wouldn’t allow it anymore. Gas, camping fees and food were our biggest expenses on the road.
Our family life always required the use of maps as far back as I can remember as a kid. I still like a detailed paper map even though various online maps are often more useful.