Home and a final post

Hello

So I've decided to not make a regular post about the trip from New Orleans to Minneapolis. Really, it wasn't that interesting and was mostly a bunch of driving. I did however stop in Little Rock, AR overnight and visited the Clinton Library, pictures can be found in the Photobucket.

Above are the unwrapped shot glasses and assorted knicknacks I collected along the trip. All told I have 27 souvenirs:
Death Valley, California.
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Stone Dinosaur, Wyoming Dinosaur Museum, Thermopolis, Wyoming.
Pacific Coast Rock, found along the beach in Washington State.
Tillamook Cheese Company, Tillamook, Oregon.
Mount Rushmore NM, Black Hills South Dakota.
Obsidian shard (for the) Big Obsidian Flow, Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Oregon.
William J. Clinton Presidential Library. Little Rock, Arkansas.
Spam Museum, Austin, Minnesota.
Seattle, WA.
Grand Teton NP, Wyoming.
Badlands NP, South Dakota.
Mount St. Helens Historic Site, Washington.
Sea Lions Cave, Oregon Coast.
Eruption flipbook, Mount Saint Helens, Washington.
Crater Lake NP, Oregon.
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills, South Dakota.
Bourbon St, New Orleans, Louisiana.
August Schell Brewery, New Ulm, MN.
Petrified Wood (for the) Petrified Forest NP, Arizona.
Carved California Redwood shotglass, Redwoods NP, California.
Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota.
Grand Canyon NP, Arizona.
Glacier NP, Montana.
Wall Drug, Wall, South Dakota
Olive wood vase, from Crater Lake NP store.

Now for some numbers (9/10-10/10/08):

Total Miles Driven : 8899 miles.
Gallons of Gasoline: 253.43 gallons.
Total fuel cost: $903.43
Miles Per Gallon: 35.11 mpg
Average price per gallon: $3.56

Nights stayed in a tent: 6
Nights stayed in a hotel: 24

Trips to McDonalds (breakfast specifically): 16 (12)

Times I used my National Parks Pass: 15
Amount of park fees (approx) $280
Cost of a parks pass: $80

Total Trip Cost (including new laptop PC): $4302 (give or take).

I would like to thank everyone who has read and commented on my blog. This concludes the Blanketing the West blog. Thanks!