Our trip is falling into 6 legs.  The first was to Arkansas, to the Camp Carpe Diem and to see the grand and great-grand kids.  Second is on to Atlanta to visit friends and see the other grandkids, then on to the east coast.  The third leg will be up the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Parkway, then on to North Carolina for July 4^th with David’s sister and family.  Leg four is up the east coast to the Chesapeake and on to New York.  The fifth will be New England up to Maine to see the fall color changing and on to the Canadian border.  Then finishing up in the Canadian Maritimes in mid-October.    Here is a map of the full trip.  There will be some changes, but this gives you good idea of the plan.

We have completed legs one and ½ in about 5 weeks and are now heading to the coast and Jekyll Island.

Here are some stats for the trip up to June 8th that we thought you might find interesting:

1. We have been in 7 states (FL, AL, MS, AR, MO, TN, GA)
2. We have traveled about 2500 miles at an average of 140 miles between stops
3. The longest leg was the first day at 303 miles and the shortest leg was from Lake Catherine State Park to the Hot Springs Off Road Park at only 19 miles.
4. We have driven on an Interstate highway for only about 100 miles preferring to stay on rural roads
5. We normally drive under 60 mph (65 mph is a recommended max for the RV)
6. We have averaged almost 14 mpg
7. We stop to refuel about every 230 – 260 miles and add about 17 – 18 gallons of diesel
8. We have stayed in 18 RV parks
   • 3 Harvest Host reservations
   • 3 Luxury RV Parks
   • 5 State Parks
   • 5 Private Parks
   • 1 KOA park
   • 1 Specialty Park (Off Road)
9. We have walked and hiked about 89 miles already – Whew!

If you find these stats interesting and/or are curious about other aspects of the trip, let us know and we can add that info to the summary.  Next summary report should be after July 4^th!