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Day 12 - Thursday October 7th
Drove home! Here are some stats from the trip.
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National Parks Visited |
Acadia, ME
Cape Cod Nat. Seashore, MA
Statue of Liberty Nat. Monument, NJ
Shenandoah, VA
Great Smokey Mountains, TN |
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State Parks Visited |
Richard Lieber, IN
Niagara Falls, NY
Adirondack, NY
Franconia Notch, NH
Arcadia, RI
Liberty, NJ |
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National Forests Visited |
White Mountain, NH
George Washington, VA
Jefferson, VA
Cherokee, TN
Nantahala, NC |
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States/Provinces visited this trip |
22 (MO,
IL, IN, MI, Ontario, NY, VT, NH, ME, MA, RH, CT, NJ,
PA, DE, MD, VI, WV, NC, SC, TN, KY) |
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States/Provinces I'd never been
to |
16
(IN, MI, Ontario, NY, VT, NH, ME, MA, RH, CT,
NJ, PA, DE, WV, NC, SC) |
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Only states I have not yet
visited |
2
(AK, HI) Maybe next year! |
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Highway miles |
4715 |
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Total miles driven |
5329.6 |
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Average miles per day |
484.5 |
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Lowest fuel cost |
$1.93,
Springfield, MO |
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Highest fuel cost |
$2.86,
Dutton, ON.
This was actually in
liters. $.90CD/liter = $2.86USD/gallon.
Yikes. |
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Average fuel cost |
$2.15 |
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Total gallons purchased |
183.21 |
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Total fuel cost |
$369.77 |
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Lowest gas mileage |
25.01 mpg,
VA to SC |
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Highest gas mileage |
31.98 mpg,
twice! NY through NH |
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Average gas mileage |
28.25 mpg |
Awards
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Smelliest, Dirtiest, Ugliest City |
Detroit, MI |
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Cleanest City |
Indianapolis, IN |
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Worst Drivers (by far) |
Boston, MA |
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Worst Road Signs (had to turn
around 3 times) |
SC |
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Prettiest State |
NH |
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Funniest Street Name |
Lickskillet Rd, NC |
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Best State Park |
Franconia Notch, NH |
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Best National Park |
Great Smokey Mountains, TN |
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State I was most ready to leave |
SC - move along, nothing to see
here |
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State I wanted to spend more time
in |
ME - wanted to see more coastline |
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Biggest Disappointment |
1:00 AM , D.C., I was trying to
get directions to the Lincoln Memorial for a
night shot and was given erroneous directions by
2 different cops. |
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Most Pleasant Surprise |
Franconia Notch State Park - I
hadn't really planned to go through there |
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