Final Update

Final Update- Oswego, NY - 0 miles, 18,721.4 for the trip

Sorry this took so long - I have been busy readjusting to living in a house, mowing lawns, weeding, etc - you know living in a trailer has its good points!


Anyway, some statistics - 111 days on the road, 102 with the Escape trailer. Mileage for the RAV4 - 24mpg on the way to Chilliwack, BC (without the trailer), 17.4mpg for the remainder of the trip. I didn't keep track of towing only mileage, but since 90% of the driving once I had the trailer was towing, I suspect 15mpg is about what I was getting while towing.

Most expensive gas - 4 gallons at Death Valley $5.75 per gallon, although the price at Lake Louise, AB was close to that. Cheapest gas - I'm not sure what it was, but I'd bet it was in Wyoming.


Highest altitude while towing - 11,158' (I 90 at the Eisenhower Tunnel),  lowest 236' below sea level. On Monday, May 8th I went from 8142' to 236' below sea level driving from Conway Summit near Lee Vining, CA to Death Valley, CA.

My favorites? Well, I enjoyed the entire trip so picking out what was the best is difficult. Although Glacier is still my favorite park, I found parts of most of the National and State Parks that I loved. Some of my favorites were taken at Antelope Canyon on the Navajo Reservation outside Page, AZ:

One stop I didn't expect to find as interesting to photograph was Bodie Ghost Town:

I also loved the photo opportunities at Canyonlands National Park:

Mesa Arch at Sunrise	Mesa Arch at Sunrise
Buck Canyon Overlook	False Kiva

Here are some of my favorites from some of my other stops along the trip:

Hoh Rain Forest, Olympia NP, WA	Mono Lake, CA
Monument Valley, UT	Valley of Fire SP, NV
Delicate Arch, Arches NP, UT	Goblin Valley SP, UT
Moonrise, Zion NP, UT	Horseshoe Bend, Page, AZ
Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA	Bryce Canyon NP, UT
Kodachrome Basin SP, UT	Mormon Row, Tetons NP, WY
Devils Tower NM, WY	Wild Goose Island, Glacier NP, MT
Craters of the Moon NM, ID	Mustard Seed Field, Kalispell, MT

And, of course, I have to include some waterfall & cascade photos:

Tumalo Falls, OR	Burney Falls, CA
Running Eagle Falls Stream, Glacier NP, MT	Lower Copeland Falls, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
Gooseberry Falls, Ontario, CA	Aux Sables River, Ontario, CA
Tillie Creek, CA	Stream at Mirror Lake, Yosemite NP, CA
Hanging Lake, CO	Hanging Lake Trail, CO

That's about it. Again, I had a wonderful time, and am ready to do it again. Right now I'm getting ready for a 2 week vacation at my brother's in Nantucket, MA.

I can't end the post with "till next time" since I'm not sure how soon that will be, but you can be sure there will be one!