This trip north started with a trip to Texas to see friends, which made it an exceptionally long trip north. It also included our dog, Becky, which dictated where we could stay and what we could do. But I think we found activities and places that were dog-friendly and, overall, it was a successful, trouble-free trip.
By the numbers:
- 11 days, 10 nights in 7 hops, 3.209 route miles (458 miles per hop).
- 215 extra auto miles, mostly in TN, traveling to/from Pigeon Forge.
- 95.9 gallons of fuel consumed (35.7 miles per gallon).
- Total fuel cost: $269.16 ($2.81 per gallon).
- Six nights in hotels: $535.63 ($89.27 per night).
- No tolls.
Highlights:
- Seeing our friends John and Deb in Texas and playing cards with them.
- Hot Springs AR. This is a really fun place to visit.
- The Corning Museum of Glass. This is a very interesting museum. Recommended.
- Winning money in the two casinos we visited.
- Having absolutely no car problems.
Lowlights:
- The Super 8 in Twinsburg OH. This hotel was truly disgusting.
- Spending a night in a rest area after the first hop. It made sense to do it but it wasn’t fun.
- Numerous delays in travel, mostly on the interstate highways.
Planned and actual routes:
There weren’t any major deviations in the route but there were some minor ones:
- Adding a 7th hop due to the horrible hotel in OH.
- Spending the first night in a rest area rather than in a hotel.
- Visiting the Corning Museum of Glass.
- Avoiding tolls all the way through NY and MA.