{"id":636,"date":"2015-11-20T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T19:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2015-11-20T14:13:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T19:13:17","slug":"reflections-statistics-and-bestworst-for-the-perimeter-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=636","title":{"rendered":"Reflections, Statistics and Best\/Worst for the Perimeter Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know it wasn’t a perimeter trip in the end but I’m still calling it that. Now that I am home and had no medical problems during the return I regret not continuing with the original plan but, when you are far from home and not feeling well, the only source you can rely on is a medical professional and I felt I had to take the advice I was given.<\/p>\n

It was still a great vacation that kept me completely focused on what I was doing and not on what I would have been doing if I had not retired. I saw some wonderful new sights as well as re-visiting many favorites, the weather was good most of the way, I loved driving my new car (which ran perfectly throughout) and I caught up with a few good friends on the way..<\/p>\n

I don’t see myself completing the rest of the perimeter in a single trip but, over the next 18 months, I can already envisage completing the task over three trips. If it is not done all at once then it doesn’t seem to matter how many individual journeys it takes.<\/p>\n

Here are some statistics for the official route (from the west end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Total distance driven (according to the car):<\/td>\n11,075 miles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gallons (US) of fuel used:<\/td>\n356.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost of fuel:<\/td>\n$882.09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Average fuel consumption:<\/td>\n31.1 mpg (US)
\n38.9 mpg (UK)
\n8.2 m\/l<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Average fuel cost:<\/td>\n$2.48 per gallon (US)
\n$0.65 per litre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lowest elevation:<\/td>\n4 feet (at Rockland, Maine)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highest elevation:<\/td>\n11,158 feet (on I70 in Colorado)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miles of raw video captured:<\/td>\n10,934<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duration of raw video captured:<\/td>\n213 hours 16 min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size of raw video captured:<\/td>\n793.7 GBytes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Average speed during video capture:<\/td>\n51.3 mph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
If you watched all 52 videos you have spent 8 hours and 56 minutes with me traveling 10,904 miles at an average speed of 1,222 mph.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of photos:<\/td>\n1,893 kept after initial pruning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And here are a few of the best and worst experiences in my opinion (not counting the health issues).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best day:<\/td>\nDay 38 – Finding the Lost Coast
\nUnexpected, new, wonderful driving and sights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Worst day:<\/td>\nDay 2 – Atlantic City to Long Island
\nHorrible drive, tolls, traffic jams and poisoned in restaurant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best hotel:<\/td>\nRuby’s Best Western at Bryce Canyon
\nLarge, comfortable room, great facilities, good value and wonderful location<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Worst hotel:<\/td>\nRenaissance Denver Stapleton
\nPhone, TV, heating and Internet did not work properly but they only offered a discount, would not to move me to a different room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best meal:<\/td>\nGreen Curry Seafood at Next Door GastroPub, Port Angeles, Washington
\nFirst seafood I had since being poisoned on Long Island, delicious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Worst meal:<\/td>\nBreakfast at Osprey Cafe, Seaside, Oregon
\nDry sausage, almost inedible potatoes, lousy service and relatively expensive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best beer:<\/td>\nLibertine Wild IPA, Morro Bay, California
\nBrewed nearby in San Luis Obispo, strongly hopped without being bitter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Worst beer:
\n(actually not awful, just disappointing)<\/td>\n		Springdale Amber Ale at Zion Canyon Brewpub, Springdale, Utah
\nHad little flavor, tasted more like the fake craft brews produced by the likes of Anheuser Busch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thanks to everyone who read the blog and to those who commented or e-mailed me for keeping me company on the journey.<\/p>\n

Steve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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