Stats
Here are some stats for our trip so far:
- States: 12 (Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota), another 2 we were close enough to see but did not enter (Nebraska, Kansas)
- Approximate Miles Traveled: 3,500 (since the oil change during the week before we left)
- Cheapest Gas: $3.25 (
- Most Expensive Gas: $4.29 (
- Approximate Highest Elevation Reached: 2,855 ft (870 m) (North Dakota)
- Approximate Lowest Elevation Reached: 210 ft (64 m) (Arkansas)
- Audio Books Completed While Driving: 1
- Miles Hiked: 22.5
- Nights Spent in Wal-Mart Parking Lots: 2
- Friends’ Places Parked at: 1
- Other Camping Locations Stayed in: 4
- Rain Days: 0 (2 half days were rained out but we had gotten activities in during the morning and spent the afternoon / evening relaxing)
Some other randomness:
- While re-stocking at a grocery store in WV, after searching the store for lunch meat, we realized, with horror, that the entire lunch meat section was comprised of nothing but baloney.
- There is a park in
