End of Trip Summary

March 25, 2014

Our trip has been an amazing first extended winter trip to the south-west US.
Just a few notes and facts to summarize our little adventure.

A few facts:
-- number of days - 75
-- total miles driven - 7,850 (12,633 km)
-- fuel used - 485.9 gal. (1,839.3 l)
-- average cost per gallon - $3.35 ($1.13 per l)
-- works out to 16.2 mpg (or 19.5 mpg in Imperial gallon)

Where we spent our nights:
State Parks - 21
National Parks - 7
RV Parks - 15
Quartzite - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - 6
Free camp sites at Walmarts, Casinos, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, Flying J, Camping World and State Visitor Centre - 25
Other - 1
The average cost per night - $11.55

Number of states - 10

National Parks and Texas State Park yearly passes - $150 - good for a year from date of purchase.
T-Mobile - our data and phone package - $70 x 3 months = $210

What Worked for Us
- PeeWee worked flawlessly - kept speed at 55mph - great for fuel savings
- not one bad camping experience
- being very flexible in our daily plans meant no pressure
- never had a problem getting into any State, National, private RV parks without a reservation
- met great people along the way
- Arizona was just a fabulous state- loved the desert and everything about it - must see it when in bloom
- we had excellent information from Marianne Edwards, who happens to be from Elora, and runs a website 'www.frugal-rv-travel.com' and puts out amazingly detailed informative eBooks on several US states. She also runs the Boondockers Welcome site. If you're into frugal travel, look her up.

What Didn't
- our T-Mobile connections for data and phone were very spotty in many locations
- getting blog updated took a lot of time, frustration set in when trying to upload photos and info after a         full day then losing it or being extremely slow
- unable to get into my Sentex email account - lost contact with family and friends till I switched over to another account
- not being able to use the Boondockers Welcome site, where you can make arrangements with other members to stay free at their homes - very handy when all you need is a place for the night

Time to adjust back to the home routine. Thanks for checking out this blog and we're glad we were able to share it with you.
Until the next trip.
Grace and Rainer

Trying to organize all the travel info picked up along the way. We're sure it will come in handy again.

Not what we had expected by the time we got back. More snow on the way. Oh well!