The Official Road Trip US 2012 Summary
Statistics, Memories & Survival Kit
- 61 unforgettable days
- 31 states
- overnight in 23 states:
- 26 campgrounds (27 nights)
- 3 hostels (7 nights), 2 motels (3 nights)
- 9 hotels/inns (18 nights)
- 4 nights in car
- 0 stolen, lost or forgotten items
- 10 541 miles on the road
- 99% Riku, 1% Liisa due the spinal disc herniation
- Toyota Camry 2012 12 808 mi > 23 349 mi
- about 350-400 gallons of fuel
- 2 oil changes, 0 car changes
- countless amount of energy drinks for Riku
Our Survival Kit (had already / bought after arrival)
- iPads with the route, accommodation and day plans with maps, a budget, a blog tool, and movies
- Road Atlas, GPS, USA guide book, city guide books
- iPod, walkie talkies, mobile phones with offline Spotify playlists - have a lot of them!
- cameras, BIG memory cards, multiple car chargers, travel adapters, a mini speaker, earphones
- membership cards - and remember to Show your card! (AAA) EVERYWHERE...
- a tent, sleeping bags and pads, pillows, blankets, a cooler, expanding folder for memories
- flip flops! :D, quarters for multiple purposes, detergent for washing clothes :)
We should have had:
- Walmart store location book (heard about this from another traveller)
- information package and more gifts from Finland (had only salmiakki)
Many friendly encounters, such as
- Betty, our tour guide, in Cape Cod Light, North Truro, MA
- Terri and Al at SeaCoast Inn in Hyannis, Cape Cod
- the shopkeeper at Mohawk Trail
- the owner of Northside Café in Winterset, IA
- the barber who came outside just to take our photo in Winterset, IA
- the guides at Scotts Bluff National Monument
- the waiter worth extra tip at Mel's Diner in Hollywood
- Terry Prince in Santa Monica Pier
- the man from Michigan in Jack Daniel's Distillery
- the lady who kept the museum in Lexington, VA
Lämpötila / Temperature
- max temperature 106 Fahrenheit / 41 Celsius in Los Angeles, California on 1st Oct
- min temperature 25 Fahrenheit / -4 Celsius in Yellowstone on 20th-21st Sep night - and we were in a tent!
Toteutunut matkamme (klikkaa kuvaa suuremmaksi) / Final route (click image to enlarge)
You can compare this map to our route plan. Biggest difference was that in Texas we drove to Dallas instead of driving to Amarillo.
The final route was
- Helsinki - Stockholm -
- Newark, NJ - Garfield, NJ - Providence, RI - Cape Cod: Cape Cod Light; Provincetown, MA; Hyannis, MA - Gillette Stadium - Boston, MA: Samuel Adams Brewery, Harvard & Fenway Park - Salem, MA - Mohawk Trail - Syracuse, NY: Dinosaur BBQ -
- Cleveland, OH - Chicago, IL - Winterset, IA - Bridges of Madison County - Omaha, NE -
- North Platte, NE - Scotts Bluff National Monument - Oregon Trail - Dubois, WY - Grand Teton - Yellowstone - Pocatello, ID - Twin Falls, ID - South Lake Tahoe, CA - Virginia City, NV -
- Yosemite - Muir Woods - Sausalito, CA - San Francisco, CA: Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf & Chinatown - Pacific Highway 1: Santa Cruz; Point Pinos Lighthouse; Monterey; Point Lobos; Pismo Beach; Santa Barbara; Malibu -
- Los Angeles, CA: Conan, Paramount Pictures, Hollywood & Santa Monica Pier - Pioneertown - Death Valley -
- Las Vegas, NV - Williams, AZ - Grand Canyon - Albuquerque, NM - Roswell, NM - Dallas, TX: The Sixth Floor Museum - Route 66 -
- Pittsburg, KS - Eureka Springs, AR - Memphis, TN: National Civil Rights Museum, Graceland & Sun Studio - Tupelo, MS - Natchez Trace Parkway -
- Lynchburg, TN: Jack Daniel's Distillery - Great Smoky Mountains - Blue Ridge Parkway - Lexington, VA: Museum of Military Memorabilia -
- Washington DC - Easton, PA - Newark, NJ -
- Oslo - Helsinki.
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