Total Mileage: 8,190 miles Average Miles Per Day: 167 miles Total Cost for Gas: $2,332.14 Average Cost Per Gallon: $3.67 Average Cost of Gas Per Day: $47.59 Average Miles Per Gallon: 12.59 Highest Price Per Gallon Paid: $4.14 Lowest Price Per Gallon Paid: $3.12 outside of Albuquerque on July 3rd
Brooke’s Favorite Camping Spot: Crater’s of the Moon – cave in camping site, best ranger talk, ice cave, and no pit toilets
Cody’s Favorite: Just repeat what his big sister said
Scott’s Favorites: Grand Canyon Bike Ride, Maverick Campground in New Mexico
April’s Favorites: San Francisco Bike Ride, Yosemite Bike Ride, Crater’s of the Moon campground
22 National Parks Visited:
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Wind Cave, Devil’s Tower National Monument, Jewel Cave, Yellowstone, Petrified Forest, Grand Tetons, Oregon Caves, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Newberry Volcanic Monument, Redwood, Wupatki, Zion, Sunset Crater National Monument, Bryce Canyon, Buffalo National River, Grand Canyon, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Walnut Canyon National Monument, Yosemite, Badlands
State Parks: California Humboldt Red Woods State Park, Abiquiu State Park in New Mexico, Keystone State Park in Oklahoma, Salt Point in California, Valley of Fire in Nevada, Smith Rocks State Park in Oregon
States Visited: (new states for the kids are underlined)
Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Canoe Trips:
- Buffalo River in Arkansas
- Lewis Lake in Wyoming – Yellowstone
- Eagle’s Nest Lake in New Mexico
- Yosemite
- Kings Canyon - Hume Lake
- Abiquiu Lake in New Mexico
- Posey Lake 50 miles East of Bryce,
Things Scott wishes he HAD brought:
- warmer biking clothes, tiny container of motor oil for oiling the stove,
Things Scott might be ditching before the next big trip:
- fishing equipment, Dutch oven, small cast iron frying pan (we used two big ones every day), extra two quart pot (one is enough)
