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August 3rd, 2013 Trip Wrap-Up

August 22, 2013 / April / 0 Comments

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)

Related posts:

  1. Junior Ranger Badges
  2. Day 49: August 4th, 2013 Mill Bluff State Park, WI to Home
  3. Day 22: July 8th, 2013: Grand Canyon – Desert View to Mather Campground
  4. Day 40: July 26th, 2013: Crater Lake, OR to Bend, OR

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