Now that’s a road trip!

In total, I spent 8 days driving 2450 miles (the GPS recorded 2407, but it will read low in corners) ranging from 0 to 7800 feet in elevation. I used around 90 gallons of gasoline to make the trip, averaging just over 27 miles to each gallon. Not bad considering that there wasn’t a lot of easy miles.

Day 1 - Pullman to Hillsboro Oregon.
Day 2 - Hillsboro to Tillamook, then south on 101 to Cape Blanco
Day 3 - Cape Blanco to Crescent City, then back into Oregon to Oregon Caves before returning to Crescent City and sleeping under the Redwoods
Day 4 - Continue south on 101, then the famed California Highway 1 south to Bodega Bay and Petaluma.
Return Day 1 - A freeway day, north on I-5 to just south of Mt Shasta, then local roads around the volcano, sleeping in the Lava Beds National Monument
Return Day 2 - Crater Lake, Pumice Butte, and a sleep just outside Madras
Return Day 3 - Northestern Oregon from Madras to Joseph
Return Day 4 - Quick drive home from Joseph along the Rattlesnake Grade

Along the way, I saw the Oregon and California Coast, the giant Redwoods, Oregon Caves, the Lava Beds National Monument, Crater Lake and took pictures as I went. Some pictures haven’t made it to flickr:

Outside Tillamook, there is an old blimp hanger that now hosts an aviation museum, all planes are apparently in flying condition, but I’m not too sure of the guppy.
Some pictures from the California coast
On Saturday, we went wine tasting, but before we did that, Ted and Matt went golfing
On Sunday, we went to a ball game. Barry did not have a good outing, but the game was fun despite the loss.

By the numbers:

2450 miles (by the odometer)
8 days driving
90 gallons of gasoline
4 friends
43 counties in 4 states
2 National Monuments, 2 National Parks, 1 National Volcanic Monument, 4 Oregon State Parks, and 1 California State Park
7 bottles of wine
6 bottles of beer
377 pictures
1 sunburn
1 call to the doctor
1 roadside repair
1 abused VISA card (if it were Mastercard, the trip would be priceless)