7/19/26– Trip Recap up to date

This summary is for Leg #3.  Our trip this summer is planned for 6 legs.  1) Head west from Boise and then south to meet friends around the San Francisco Bay area 2) Drive north along the western coast of California, Oregon and Washington up to Canada 3) Cross into Canada at Vancouver Island and then up to northern British Colombia 4) Head back south through Alberta and Saskatchewan 5) Discover North and South Dakota and finally 6) Head to Yellowstone National Park and back to Boise!    Here is a map of the third leg just finished. 

We have completed the third leg in 10 weeks and are now heading south for the fourth before reentering the US.

Here are some stats about the trip as of July 19th that we thought you might find interesting:

  1. We have now been to 4 US states so far although none this leg. (ID, OR, CA, WA).  And we have been on 1 Canadian Provence (BC) only this leg.
  2. We travelled 1073 total miles for this leg at an average of only 103 miles between stops.  The total milage for the trip so far is 3223. 
  3. The longest travel day this leg was the last one at 244 miles (by just 1 mile difference for the second longest) from Prince Geroge, BC to Dawson Creek, BC.  And the shortest leg was, believe it or not, just 5 miles from Port Hardy, BC to Prince Rupert, BC.  But to be honest, there was a 325-mile ferry ride in there as well!  
  4. Again, we have not driven any 4 lane roads this leg as there are none on Vancouver Island and inland.  It reminded me of driving in Texas back in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s.  Two lanes mostly, pass when you can, speed limit about 55 mph.  Bur different with steep hills and lots of forests!  Beautiful drives!
  5. We normally drive under 60 mph but have had a lot of 30-40 mph drives as well!
  6. We have averaged about 13 mpg.  Diesel costs are down again this leg to an average of $5.72/gallon.
  7. We have stayed in 10 more places on this leg.  That makes 29 for this year and 161 since we left Miami in May 2024.
    • 1 State park for a total of 3 this year
    • 1 Luxury park for a total of 3 this year
    • 0 Friends this leg for a total of 2 this year
    • 8 Private parks for a total of 20 this year
    • 0 KOA parks this leg for a total of 2 this year
  8. We walked and hiked about 60 miles for a total of 215 so far. – 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 August 15th!