Trikilis Travel Trivia

States Visited: 24
California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia
Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Utah, Arizona, Nevada

Shortest time spent in a state: West Virginia - about 15mins (including a toilet stop). The highway we were travelling on just happened to cut across the bottom corner of the state!

Longest time spent in a state: California - 12 days (8 days at the beginning, 4 days at the end)

Cost of Fuel
Overall very inexpensive, you can see now why the Americans all drive such huge "gas guzzlers"
Cheapest: $2.64 per gallon (69.5c per litre) in Utah
Most Expensive: $3.28 per gallon (86.3c per litre) in California
Interestingly, the fuel prices are very stable here. They fluctuate from state to state (depending on how each state taxes fuel) but they don't go up and down on a daily basis like in Australia.
Also, even remote places seem to enjoy the same fuel prices as the bigger cities in the same state.

Strange Fashion:
The American's seem to have an unhealthy love of UGG boots! We all love our uggies to keep our feet warm -  AT HOME! but they are all the rage here, especially for girls. They wear them everywhere from the beach to the movies to restaurants. And if you haven't got a pair you're daggy. Go figure.

Favourite Places:
Michael - I find it impossible to select one place that shone above the rest in our trip.  So many places were amazing in different ways.  The population is spread across the country far more evenly than in Australia, and what seems like an abundant supply of water makes this possible.  The west coast of America is going to have serious water problems, however a shift in use/wastage might just help as it did in Australia.  The largest surprises for me were that Vegas was actually better than I expected, and that Yosemmiti was still (almost) as pristine as I imagined it when I was a child.  I will spend the next 10 - 15 years dreaming of doing the RV thing with Leah in our retirement years.


Leah - the whole trip was amazing, but these are the standouts: Yosemite for the sheer spectacular-ness of the place. Seattle - a nice city located on the water, close to the mountains, with great markets, not too busy and a with really nice vibe. Seeing  the fall colours in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.


Natasha - Yosemite because there were lots of squirrels, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountains, (and all the other National parks), Vermont because I got my teddy bear there at the Teddy Bear Factory, Niagara Falls because the Horseshoe Falls was big and it circled all around you and we went to Canada, Washington DC because I liked the White House, Mt Washington (New Hampshire) because we saw snow! Las Vegas because we got to see a circus and the strip was all covered with lights,  the Grand Canyon because we went on a helicopter ride, Monterey because its near the beach and there is a big aquarium.

Abbey - Vermont because there were lots of beautiful things and I got a Teddy Bear at the Teddy Bear Factory, and we went to Ben and Jerry's and a Maple syrup farm and Cabot's cheese factory, Halloween Trick-or-Treating, Yellowstone because there were lots of chatty people, the helicopter ride in the Grand Canyon, Circus Circus in Las Vegas because we won toys and there was a circus, Mt Washington because there was snow, Niagara Falls because we went to Canada and there was a big ferris wheel.