Well, all good things must come to an end and so it is with the epic road trip. Just a few factoids and random pics you’ve seen before.
7,417 miles in 152 hours of driving at 14.2 mpg, across 15 states in 37 days. That’s about 522 gallons of diesel and nearly 30% of the way around the Earth. The mod to the van that was the purpose of the whole trip worked out great. Xena passed her first 3-hour solo AC test. The trip produced 12 blog posts with 146 images. And only 3 of the 16 stops on the original notional route actually happened; the rest of the trip was improvised.
For the data driven among us (I’m thinking of you, Pat)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total miles | 7,417 |
| States driven | 15: CA, NV, OR, ID, WY, NE, IA, IL, IN, OH, PA, NY, CT, CO, UT |
| Longest day | 554.74 mi / 9 h 36 m (8 h 43 m moving): Offutt → Buckley, Thu Oct 15 |
| Top recorded speed | 80.8 mph (Nebraska I-80, Oct 15) |
| Biggest climb in one day | +5,231 ft (Omaha ~900 ft → Denver 5,600+ ft) |
| Highest point | ~11,158 ft: Eisenhower–Johnson Tunnel on I-70 west of Denver (Oct 16), the highest point on the Interstate system |
| Loneliest road | US-50 across Nevada (Oct 18), “The Loneliest Road in America” |
| Earliest wheels-up logged | ~06:15, Buckley SFB (Oct 16) |
| Odd roadside find | FAT DOGS sign: “YOU ARE NOWHERE” (North Platte, NE) |
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