TRIP FACTS & FIGURES

Updated November 15, 2011 - Metapan, El Salvador

Days on the Road - 1,722 (or 4.72 years)

Miles Driven - 128,161 (5.2 times around the earth or 46 NYC -> LA trips)

Countries Visited - 7  (out of 23 countries in The Americas)
US, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador

Maps

• See a PDF of our road trip driving route so far
• Where are we RIGHT Now?       Check our SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger shared page ANYTIME to see where it's tracked us over the prior 7 days
• See our 2010 driving route

Fuel Facts - (all prices are in $US)

• Total Spent on Fuel for Entire Journey so far - $26,884
• Total Gallons Used for Entire Journey so far - 8,689

       New Truck (Chevy 2500HD Diesel - October 2007 to Present)

• Total Spent on Fuel - $17,610
• Gallons Used - 5,399
• Average Price Per Gallon (diesel) - $3.26
      -- $3.54 in US          -- $4.19 in Canada          -- $2.40 in Mexico
      -- $5.02 in Belize    --$3.79 in Guatemala    -- $4.07 in Honduras
• Highest Price Per Gallon in US - $4.74 (7/15/08 - Klamath Falls, OR)
• Lowest Price Per Gallon - $2.05 (12/12/08 - El Paso, TX)
• Highest Price Per Gallon in Canada - $4.64 (11/3/07 - St John's NF)
• Mexico price ranged from $1.90 - 2.74
• Belize proces ranged from $4.97 - $5.08 (highest price so far)
• Guatemala price ranged from $3.08 - $4.41
• Honduras price ranged from $4.05 - $4.19

       Old Truck (Chevy 1500 Gas - April 2006 to May 2007)

• Total Spent on Fuel - $9,274.15
• Gallons Used - 3290.4 (59.8 gallons of this is E85)
• Average Price Per Gallon (regular gas) - $2.82
           -- $2.78 in US -- $3.93 in Canada -- $2.27 in Mexico
• Highest Price Per Gallon in US - $3.69 (9/26/06 - Deadhorse, AK) Note the irony! A large percent of US domestic oil production comes from the surrounding oilfields and the filling station was about 2 miles from the beginning of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
• Highest Price Per Gallon in Canada - $4.57 (7/20/06 - Ft. Smith, NT)
• Lowest Price Per Gallon - $2.289 (2/27/07 @ Albuquerque, NM - Flying J)
• Average MPG - 15.01

Carbon Offsets - 29 tons of CO2 offset so far
We are striving to make the Trans-Americas Journey carbon neutral in order to do our part to combat global warming. We will be offseting the total CO2 emissions that our journey inevitably adds to the environment and so far we've offset the total CO2 emissions for the first year of the trip--29 tons--by purchasing $216.50 of carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange through Live Neutral.

Hours Driven - 3,688 (or 153.7 days) --based on engine hours

Flat Tires - 5
Baja, Mexico; Death Valley National Park; Key Largo, FL; Mexico City; Copan, Honduras

Mechanical Problems:

• New Truck - 1 (Front Suspension: replace rotors and tie rods)
• Old Truck - 1 (Broken front shock in Death Valley National Park which is just one of the reasons why we've upgraded to Bilstein shocks and they’ve been going strong ever since )

Latin American Police Shakedowns:

• Mexico - 6 (1 legit for running a red light cost us 100 pesos; 3 occurred in the Mexico City region, and 2 in Cancun)

Highest Point On The Road - 14,110'
Summit of Pike's Peak Toll Road, Colorado

Vehicle Ferries - 30

Border Crossings - 31

1) Queenston,ON, Canada;  2) Port Huron, MI, USA[I-94];  3) Coutts, AB, Canada[I-15];  4) Chief Mountain, MT, USA;
 5) Creston, AB, Canada;  6)Skagway, AK, USA;  7) Pleasant Camp, BC, Canada;  8 )Alcan, AK, USA;  9) Little Gold Creek, YT, Canada;  10) Poker Creek, AK, USA;  11) Beaver Creek, YT, Canada;  12) Dalton Cache, AK, USA;  13) Peace Arch-Surrey, BC, Canada(I-5);  14) Peace Arch-Blaine, WA, USA[I-5];  15) Mexicali, Mexico;  16) Calexico, CA, USA;  17) Campobello Island, NB, Canada;  18) Lubec, ME, USA;  19) St. Stephen, NB, Canada;  20) Highgate Springs, VT, USA[I-89];  21) Noyan, QE, Canada;  22) Champlain, NY, USA[I-87];  23) Ojinaga, Mexico;  24) El Paso, TX, USA;  25) Sanata Teresa, Mexico;  26) Corozal, Belize;  27) Chetumal, Mexico;  28) Talisman, Guatemala; 28) Benque Viejo, Belize; 29) Melchor, Guatemala; 30) El Florido, Honduras; 31) El Poy, El Salvador

United States

Days traveled - 736 (24.2 months)
Miles driven - 82,341 (3.3 times around the earth or 29.7 NYC->LA trips)
States Visited - 43 (out of 49 that can be driven to)

NY, NJ, PA, MD, WV, VA, TN, AL, MS, LA, KY, IN, OH, MI,WI, MN, ND, SD, NE, WY, MT, ID. AK, WA, OR, CA, AZ, NM, CO, NV, TX, FL, SC, CT, MA, VT, NH, RI, ME, NC, GA, AR, UT              Missed - DE, IA, IL, KS, MO, OK

Canada

Days traveled - 93 (3 months)
Miles driven - 14,279 (0.6 times around the earth or 3.9 Halifax, NS ->Vancouver, BC trips)
Canadian Provinces & Territories Visited- 10 (out of 12 that can be driven to)

Ontario-ON, Alberta-AB, British Columbia-BC, Northwest Territories-NT, Yukon Territories-YT, New Brunswick-NB, Nova Scotia-NS, Newfoundland & Labrador-NL, Prince Edward Island-PE, Quebec-QC
Missed - Manatoba-MB, Saskatchewan-SK

Mexico

Days traveled - 537 (17.7 months)
Miles driven - 24,737 (1.0 times around the earth or 10.9 El Paso, TX ->Cancun trips)
Mexican States Visited - 29 (out of 31 + DF-Mexico City)

Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Estado de Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tlaxcala, Yucatan, Veracruz, Zacatecas, Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
Missed - Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas,

Belize

Days traveled - 78 (2.6 months)
Miles driven - 1,548 ( 7 NYC -> Boston trips) That's impressive considering that driving from the northernmost point to the southernmost point in this tiny country is only 286 miles.

Guatemala

Days traveled - 140 (4.6 months)
Miles driven - 3,194 (8.4 LA -> San francisco trips)

Honduras

Days traveled - 84 (2.8 months)
Miles driven - 1,551 ( 7.1 NYC -> Boston trips)

El Salvador (current location)

Days traveled - 42
Miles driven -

National Parks:

• US (Nat'l Parks, Nat'l Monuments & Nat'l Historic Sites) - 123
• Canada (National Parks & National Historic Sites) -43
• Mexico (National Parks & Bioshpere Reserves) - 47
• Belize (National Parks, Monuments & Protected Areas) - 10
• Guatemala (National Parks & Bioshpere Reserves) - 8
• Honduras (National Parks & Bioshpere Reserves) - 5

UNESCO World Heritage Sites:

• US - 15
• Canada - 9
• Mexico - 27
• Belize - 1 (there's only 1, the Belize Barrier Reef System)
• Guatemala - 3
• Honduras - 1

Cool Wild Animals Spotted:

Land: Wolf, Bison, Elk, Red Fox, Rattlesnake, Coyote, Beaver, Hoary Marmot (actual name), North American Pronghorn, Mountain Goat, Big Horn Sheep, Moose, Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, Boreal Toad, Pine Martin, Nutria, Caribou, Stone Sheep, Snowshoe Hare, Porcupine, Pika, Dall Sheep, Arctic Fox, Musk Ox, Wolverine, Sitka Black-Tailed Deer, Armadillo, Peccary/Javelina, Bobcat, Coati, Tarantula, Scorpion, Iguana, Probiscous Bat, Yucatan Banded Geko, Grey-Tailed Fox, Spider Monkey, Howler Monkey, Tiger Rat Snake, Coral Snake, Agouti, Gibnut, Paca, Margay/Ocelot?, Red Brocket Deer, Boa Constrictor

Water: Alligator, Humpback Whale, Grey Whale, Stellar Sea Lion, Harbor Seal, Sea Otter, Manatee, Harbour Porpoise, Dall's Porpoise, Bottlenose Dolphin, Spinner Dolphin, Elephant Seals, Crocodile, Nurse shark, Bull Shark, Spotted Eagle Ray, Southern Stingray, Hawksbill Turtle, Olive Ridley Turtle, Loggerhead Turtle, Green Turtle, Octopus, Squid, Frog Fish

Air: Monarch Butterfly migration (and an unamable myriad of others), Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Osprey, Banded Kingfisher, Puffin, Loon, Ptarmigan, Sandhill Crane, Boreal Owl, Ghyrfalcon, Snowy Owl, Short-Eared Owl, Rough Legged Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Perigrine Falcon, Grouse, Blue-Footed Booby, Harris' Hawk, California Condor, Florida Cooter, Ibis, Heron (various), Egret, Flamingo, Roseatte Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Purple Gallinule, Toucan, Snail Kite, Black-Collard Hawk, Limpkin, Mottled Owl, Pygmy Owl, Chachalaka, Red-Lored Parrot, Pygmy Kingfisher, Yucatan Jay, Black Catbird, Great Curassow, Ocellated Turkey, Olive-Throated Parakeet, Northern Potoo, Rufus-Tailed Hummingbird, Motmot, Emerald Tucanette, Red-Legged Honeycreeper, Scarlet Macaw, Montezema Oropendola, Red-Footed Booby, Mealy Parrot, Olive Throated Parakeet, Great Black Hawk, White Hawk, Green Parrot, Black & White Hawk Eagle, Ornate Hawk Eagle, Laughing Falcon, Orange Breasted Falcon

Red Barns with silo - 293

Mini Golf Courses - 224 (27 in Myrtle Beach, SC alone)

Drive-In Movie Theaters open for business - 27

Taxidermy Shops - 94