Eastern US Road Trip: By the Numbers

Mac’s & my Eastern US Road Trip was a great test for our upcoming European Adventure. We could break in new gear, get familiar with our new backpacks, and get used to what it feels like spending 100% of our time together again! We saw and did a lot of amazing things, and since I’m the type of person that not-so-secretly adores charts, numbers, and graphs, here’s a breakdown of the data from our Eastern US Road Trip!

Eastern US Road Trip – By the Numbers

Numbers

Number of States Visited: 5 (Kentucky, Tennessee, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Florida)

Number of States Driven Through: 11

Number of Nights Camping: 6

Number of Nights CouchSurfing: 10

Number of Nights Air BnB-ing: 5

Number of Kilometres Driven: 6074km (3774 miles)

Number of Stops for Gas: 10

Number of Jars of Peanut Butter Consumed: 3

Highs & Lows

Highest Peak: Mt Mitchell (6684ft, 2038m)

Lowest Speed: 10km/hr on the interstate with the hazard lights on in a torrential downpour!!

Highest Gas Price: $2.99/Gal (Pittsburgh)

Lowest Gas Price: $2.29/Gal (Chattanooga)

Budget Breakdown

All prices in USD

Lodging: $362.49

Food: $272.87

Entertainment: $88.19

Activities: $84.05

Transportation: $291.34 (The majority of this was gas. Only $17.50 was for parking & a Lyft.)

Miscellaneous: $149.76

Total: $1248.70 ($1600.90CAD)

This works out to $28.38 per person per day ($36.38CAD)

Note: This does not include the $118CAD we spent on travel insurance or any ATM fees.

What’s Next

Oh, you know. Nothing major. Probably going to take it easy & stay close to home for a while…

NOT! We’re going to EUROPE!!! We fly to Paris sooner than I can even conceptualize and I’m only minutely freaking out. Actually, we’ll probably be in transit or already in Paris by the time this post is published! Guess I’d better finish packing!! Eeek! We’ll be in Paris for a few days before figuring out where we want to head to next! We don’t really have any concrete plans for this trip and are looking forward to seeing where the wind blows us!

I’m hoping to continue posting on a quasi-regular basis while we travel around Europe, but forgive me if the next posts are sparse while we try to conquer jet lag and orient ourselves in a new country!

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