8/31/26– Trip Recap up to date

This summary is for Leg #5.  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 fifth leg just finished. 

We have completed the fifth leg in 15 weeks and are now heading west to the end back in Boise.

Here are some stats about the trip as of August 31st that we thought you might find interesting:

  1. We have now been to 7 US states so far with 3 more this leg. (ID, OR, CA, WA, MT, ND, SD).  And we have been in 0 more Canadian Provinces this leg and 3 total.  (BC, AB, SK)
  2. We travelled 999 total miles for this leg at an average of 125 miles between stops.  Most of the stops were pretty close together.  The total milage for the trip so far is 5428. 
  3. The longest travel day this leg was 241 miles from Medora, ND to Bismark, ND.  And the shortest leg was only 36 miles from Rapid City, SD to Hill City, SD (Mt Rushmore).  
  4. Again, we took mostly back roads and 2 lane highways through the farm fields but also did 200 miles on Interstates as the best route that day. 
  5. We normally drive 60 – 65 mph on the Interstates although, like in SD, the speed limit is 80 so we are still the slow-pokes.
  6. We have averaged about 13.5 mpg.  Diesel costs are down again this leg to an average of $5.24/gallon.
  7. We have stayed in only 8 more places on this leg.  That makes 43 for this year and 175 since we left Miami in May 2024.
    • 0 State park for a total of 3 this year
    • 0 Luxury park for a total of 3 this year
    • 0 Friends this leg for a total of 2 this year
    • 5 Private parks for a total of 27 this year
    • 3 KOA parks this leg for a total of 6 this year
    • 0 City park this leg for a total of 1 this year
    • 0 National Park (Canada) this leg for a total of 1 this year
  8. We walked and hiked about 64.2 miles for a total of 327.8 miles so far.

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 September 25th!