Rainer in 30 Days! 6,640 miles – Brooklyn to Seattle.

The numbers are in after driving the last leg of our cross country journey arriving at Alicia, Brian and Josie’s home in Seattle. I love math. If you also love math, please read the following:

Driving for a total of 6,640 miles over 30 days using 268 gallons of premium fuel at an average of $3.969/gal and 24.8 MPG. Clipping along at that pace we spent 16ยข per mile averaging $35.42 per day in fuel. All the while driving with 400 lbs. of belongings loaded in our Subaru.

Further stats:
24 states
23 fill ups
289 miles per fill up (Avg)
221 miles per day (Avg)
9 gallons per day (Avg)
9 National Parks
6 National Forests
3 National Recreation Areas
2 Raceways
1 Indian Reservation
1 oil change and tire rotation

Of course there is a spreadsheet compiled with all the data: Notice the on-board computer in the car states 1.6 MPG more that actually incurred. I assume the Subaru engineers try to make us feel better about the vehicles efficiency.
Brooklyn-Seattle_TripLog

The following is a list of notable locations we visited and many of the sites are stamped in our Passport to the National Parks:

Shenandoah Natl Park (drove thru)
Great Smoky Mountains Natl Park
Arches Natl Park
Bryce Canyon Natl Park
Grand Canyon Natl Park
Death Valley Natl Park
Yosemite Natl Park
Golden Gate Natl Park
Redwood Natl Park (drove thru)
Red Canyon Natl Forest
Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Trail of Tears, NC
Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL
Purdue University
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE
Kenefick Park, Omaha, NE (2 of the biggest Locomotives ever built)
Original Pony Express Station, Gothenburg, NE
Green River State Rec Area
Fish Lake Natl Forest
Red Canyon, Dixie Natl Forest
Glen Canyon Natl Rec Area, Page, AZ
Antelope Canyon Navajo Res, Page, AZ
Inyo Natl Forest
Kaibab Natl Forest
Manti-La Sal Natl Forest
Humboldt-Redwoods State Park
Lake Mead Natl Rec Area
Route 66, Northern AZ

Here’s the updated map showing the last few days of mileage logged:

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Asheville to Pigeon Forge

We had a great day today. We started with a continental breakfast at the Downtown Inn and then headed to the Biltmore Estate. $59 each admission, so we watched the 4 minute looping video in the visitors center, used the restroom, and vowed to Google it later. We grabbed some sandwich supplies at the local … Continue reading

Road Trip: Maryland or Bust

We’re driving down Maryland to stock my parents’ basement with all the goodies we don’t want to leave in storage. Photos, memories, surfboards… Since they’ll be in FL with little Josie when we start our drive west, it’s also the last time we’ll see them before we start making cheese. Can’t wait!

Last sushi in Tokyo

Yes, it’s at the Delta lounge, but it’s delicious! We’re getting ready for our 14 hours flight to JFK – we leave at 3:15pm and land at 3:10pm, same day. Mind bend!

Let the return begin…

Christian made a joke that tonight might be our first on-time train. Not so. The 11:23pm departure is now set for 1:30am. We left Koh Tao at 7pm, expecting to be in Bangkok by 8am. This is our second latest night awake – by hours. Thankfully we found a little wifi…

Travel day: Koh Phangan to Koh Tao

We left our favorite beach on Wednesday to check out Koh Tao – the small island just north of Koh Phangan known for great scuba diving. It’s a chill little island, and we’re staying in a busier beach town than before. We had about and hour long ferry ride, then found a place to stay … Continue reading

Travel day : Ko Lanta to Koh Phangan

After 4 days on Ko Lanta, we made the decision to skip Cambodia on this trip. From where we are, it will add a lot of complex travel and expense, and we’re hoping to return soon to see everything we missed. So we set off for the Gulf of Thailand. While there are a million … Continue reading

Sunrise to sunset.

Yesterday we woke up to the sunrise in our rickety bungalow on stilts at the Power Beach “Resort” on Phi Phi ready for a travel day. We took one last look at our hillside private beach abode and boarded the simple yet effective longtail boat taking us to the main pier. There we would catch … Continue reading

Travel Day…take 2

Totally unimpressed with Ao Nang, we made a quick decision Friday morning to skip town. We decided on Phi Phi as we have reservations on Koh Lanta starting Monday and wanted to try another island on the way. After a bus and ferry and longtail ride (and the requisite agency and phone calls and ticketing … Continue reading

Travel day : Ayutthaya to Chiang Mai

We waited at the station for the 9:01pm that turned into the 9:45pm…no matter. We shared our sleeper car with a lovely young Brit named Kate (19 and traveling before university) and a Czech stranger on the top bunk that stumbled in at 10pm, climbed up to his bunk and passed out without closing the … Continue reading