Looking back on our 25 day journey, it's difficult to say the experience was anything other than incredible. During the final days we reflected on our route, audibles and all, and tried to assess the damage to our wallets, the mileage on our rental car, and of course, the sheer amount of ground that we covered.
The trip cost us approximately $5,500 (including gas, car rental, accommodations, and meals but excluding other spending cash). Split 3.5 ways (Eros being with us for only have the trip), it was probably the best $1,571 any of us have ever spent over a 25 day period.
We put 10,400 miles (2,500 of which came on our 2-day drive back from Arizona) on our Pontiac G6! All I could say is, thankfully they don't charge per mile…We stuck to our route pretty well, with the exception of a few unplanned, albeit, necessary audibles and a few unavoidable detours.
The G6 was good to us. We all agreed that once we figured out a way to efficiently pack all our luggage into the trunk, the car was spacious enough to comfortably sit 4 (and even a smaller cooler in the back seat for one of us to rest our head on - see picture in one of the previous posts for example).
Overall, we visited 26 states (and probably twice as many Subway restaurants), 15 major cities, 4 national parks, and all this within the borders of one amazing country.
Thank you again to those who followed the blog and shared in our experiences. For those considering a trip of this magnitude, I think we would all say, if you have the time, resources, and energy…just do it!
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