Summer 99 Cross Country Road Trip

Click on each day to see daily details including photos. The detail Fuel Economy is below the itinerary.

Click here for: Final Summary.

Date

Day

Time

Destination

Miles

May 28

Fri

10am

5pm

Vicksburg, MS

Dallas, TX

450

813

29

Sat

1pm

8pm

Carlsbad Caverns, NM

Roswell, NM

1329

1463

30

Sun

 

2pm

Pertified Forest & Painted Desert

Grand Canyon

 

2066

31

Mon

 

5pm

Hoover Dam

Las Vegas

 

2426

June 1

Tue

1pm

Los Angeles

2825

2

Wed

11am

Brea, Ca (TVA lunch) 2900

3

Thu

1pm

5pm

Santa Clara, Ca (New Dimensions lunch)

San Francisco

3350

3434

4

Fri

 

11pm

Livermore, Ca

Redding, Ca

 

3714

5

Sat

11am

6pm

Woodburn, Or 14th Annual Bug Run**

Seattle

4096

4305

6

Sun

 

4pm

Butchart Gardens

Victoria, BC

 

4474

7

Mon

3pm

11pm

Vancouver, BC

Kamloops, BC

4521

4742

8

Tue

 

5pm

Banff, AB

Canmore, AB

 

5074

9

Wed

10am

8pm

Calgary, AB

Helena, MT

5140

5597

10

Thu

8am

8pm

YellowStone

Billing, MT

5901

6154

11

Fri

4pm

12am

Mt. Rushmore

Brandon,SD

6580

6947

12

Sat

11am

10pm

Minneapolis,MN

Chicago,IL

7201

7627

13

Sun

noon

9pm

1am

Villa Park,IL Bugfest99**

Columbus, IN

Louisville, KY

7695

7970

8053

14

Mon

Noon

11pm

Nashville, TN

Roswell,Ga

 

8471

** VW event see www.newbug.org Calendar for details

Date

Miles

Odometer

Gallons

Price

Cost

MPG

Avg MPG

Brand

Location

1

5/28/99

673.2

33,202

14.260

0.990

14.25

47.19

47.19

Texaco

Longview, Tx

2

5/29/99

558.4

33,760

13.216

1.059

14.00

42.22

44.80

Texaco

Pecos, Tx

3

5/30/99

626.8

34,384

14.061

1.529

21.50

44.38

44.66

Chevron

Painted Desert,Az

4

6/1/99

598.1

34,985

13.714

1.359

18.50

43.82

44.45

Mobil

Goldstrike, Nv

5

6/3/99

631.1

35,617

13.552

1.439

19.50

46.64

44.88

Arco

Buellton, Ca

6

6/4/99

550.8 36,167 14.116 1.399 19.75 38.96 43.87 Shell Willows, Ca

7

6/5/99 607.4 36,775 12.318 1.239 15.25 49.36 44.58 Shell Lacey, Wa

8

6/8/99 504.3 37,284 12.969 1.259 16.34 39.25 43.94 Shell Kamloops,BC

9

6/9/99 717.7 38,001 13.160 1.179 15.50 54.48 45.09 Mtn View Co-oP Dutton, Mt

10

6/10/99 481.3 38,483 9.871 1.469 14.50 48.83 45.37 Conoco YellowstoneNP

11

6/11/99 523.0 39,006 13.830 1.139 15.75 37.82 44.65 Sinclair Spearfish,SD

12

6/12/99 619.8 39,626 14.104 1.099 15.50 43.96 44.59 Petrol Alden, MN

13

6/13/99 703.1 40,329 14.276 0.949 13.55 49.24 44.97 Petrol Lowell, IN

14

6/14/99 656.9 40,986 14.149 1.159 16.40 46.43 45.08 BP Roswell, GA
8451.9 40,986 187.596 1.228 230.29 45.08