Sunday, September 9, 2012

Overview & Fun Facts

Mileage

Total miles over 16 days: 6,633

Westbound trip Lakewood to Las Vegas: 2,549 miles
49 hours 6 minutes (including breaks) over 3 days


Eastbound trip Las Vegas to Lakewood: 3,271 miles
59 hours 26 minutes (including breaks) over 5 days

Drove through 18 states:
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, West Virginia

Gas Prices

Bought gas in 12 states:
Jackson, NJ - Wawa (8/17)........................................ $3.52
New Stanton Service Plaza on PA Turnpike (8/19)......... $3.75
Gary North Service Plaza on IN Toll Road (8/19)........... $4.03
Davenport, IA - BP (8/20)......................................... $3.69
Elm Creek, NE - Pilot (8/20)...................................... $3.65
Idaho Springs, CO - Shell (8/21)................................ $3.69
Green River, UT - Pilot (8/21).....................................$3.65
Las Vegas, NV - Terribles on Charleston (8/23)............ $3.64
Primm, NV - Terribles (8/27)..................................... $4.05
Las Vegas, NV - Terribles on Sahara (8/28)................. $3.67
Nephi, UT - Pilot (8/29)............................................ $3.72
Rocker/Butte, MT - Town Pump (8/30)......................... $3.67
Miles City, MT - Pilot (8/30)...................................... $3.75
Sterling, ND - Tops (9/31)........................................ $3.94
Hudson, WI - TA (9/2)............................................. $3.83
Black River Falls, WI - Flying J (9/2).......................... $3.84
Crawfordsville, IN - BP (9/3)..................................... $3.83
Somerset Service Plaza on PA Turnpike (9/3)............... $3.82

Highest price: $4.05 in Primm, NV
Lowest price: $3.52 in Jackson, NJ

Total fuel consumption: 210.5 gallons
Averaged 31.5 miles per gallon

Speed Limits

Highest speed limit: 80 MPH on parts of I-15 in Utah

Lowest speed limit on an interstate: 25 MPH for trucks on a downhill stretch in Montana










 

 

Weather

Highest temp: 106 in Baker, CA (8/27 at 5:52pm)
Lowest temp: 55 in Idaho Springs, CO (8/21 at 8:01am)















 

 

Geography


Northernmost location reached: I-94 near Glendive, MT (Latitute 47.124 north)

Southernmost location reached: Rim of the World Hwy near Running Springs, CA (latitute 34.202 north)

Westernmost location reached: I-15 in California (longitude -117.482) 

Easternmost location reached: Starting point in Lakewood, NJ (longitude -74.223)

Highest elevation: West portal of Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70 (11,158 ft above sea level)

Lowest elevation: Starting point in Lakewood, NJ (45 ft above sea level)


Hotels

Best hotel (no contest!): Hilton Grand Vacations Club on the Las Vegas Strip

View from the 27th floor




























And some more beautiful pictures from Hilton
 



Monday, September 3, 2012

Day 16: Monday, September 3rd

Crawfordsville, IN to Lakewood, NJ

763 miles

On the road from 9:07am EDT to 12:09am EDT (15 hours 2 minutes)

Route: I-74 east to Indianapolis, detour to Speedway, then I-70 east to PA Turnpike to NJ Turnpike

States traveled in: Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey



Full Day 16 album on Picasa

Holiday Inn Express in Crawfordsville, IN


Speedway, Indiana






Cambridge City, Indiana

Entering Ohio on I-70 east

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus Ohio

Ohio rest stop on I-70 near MM 131

Approaching Ohio River Bridge

Crossing Ohio River to West Virginia

I-70 east in Wheeling, WV

I-70 exit 11 in Wheeling, WV

Entering Pennsylvania on I-70 east

Washington, PA

I-76/PA Turnpike east

I-76/PA Turnpike east

I-76/PA Turnpike east

I-76/PA Turnpike east

I-76/PA Turnpike east




Sunday, September 2, 2012

Day 15: Sunday, September 2nd

Bloomington, MN to Crawfordsville, IN

586 miles

On the road from 9:24am CDT to 9:02pm EDT (10 hours 26 minutes)

Route: Quick stop at Mall of America, then I-94 east to I-39 south to I-74 east

States traveled in: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana



Full Day 15 album on Picasa

Homewood Suites in Bloomington, MN

Mall of America parking garage in the background

Mall of America in the background



Mall of America

Nickelodeon Universe in Mall of America


Nickelodeon Universe in Mall of America

Mall of America

Mall of America

Mall of America

Crossing the Mississippi on I-494 east

Entering Wisconsin on I-94 east

Flying J in Black River Falls, WI

Black River Falls, WI


I-94 east in Wisconsin


I-94 exit 131 in Wisconsin


Entering Illinois on I-39 south

Illinois tolls - first ones we hit on the way back

 

Illinois rest stop on I-39 south

For the interesting place names file

I-39 south in Illinois

I-39 south in Illinois

I-39 south in Illinois

I-39 south in Illinois

I-39 south in Illinois

I-39 south in Illinois

Loves in Le Roy, IL - I-74 exit 149

I-74 east in Illinois