Seventeen days total time away from home (Washington.) Eleven days of driving. Eight hotels plus our own place in Boise.
Ten states if you count duplicates: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Total miles: 3,652
The first group is home to Spokane to Columbia Valley, MT to Many Glacier, MT. The second group is Many Glacier to Bozeman, MT to Casper, WY to Boulder, CO to Santa Fe, NM. The third group is Albuquerque, NM to Durango, CO to Salt Lake City, UT to Boise, ID. The last bar is the ride home.
Longest day: Boise to home, 533 miles
Shortest day: Columbia Valley, MT to Many Glacier, MT, 92 (but they were spectacular!) We went up the Going to the Sun Road on the second day it was open this year.
Fuel (For 3,704 miles total distance): 180.727 gallons at a total price of $704.19. That’s an overall MPG of 20.5 and an average of $3.90 per gallon.
Hotels / dinners:
|
Day |
Place |
Hotel |
Dinner |
Comments |
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1 |
Spokane, WA |
PF Changs |
Great hotel, great breakfast |
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2 |
Columbia Falls, MT |
Meadow Lake Resort | Showtyme, Big Fork, MT | Nice hotel, no breakfast! Dinner on Electric Avenue. |
| 3 | Many Glacier, MT | Many Glacier Hotel | Hotel | ‘Rustic’ hotel, camping for us |
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4 |
Many Glacier, MT |
Many Glacier Hotel |
Hotel |
Most harried waiter ever! |
| 5 | Bozeman, MT | Residence Inn | Montana Ale Works |
Decent gluten free, Bruins lose the Stanley Cup |
| 6 | Casper, WY | Quality Inn | Outback Steakhouse | Not so easy to find GF in Wyoming |
| 7 | Boulder, CO | St. Julian’s | Lark Burger |
Fantastic hotel, tons of GF dinning options in town, great breakfast at The Buff. |
| 8 | Santa Fe, NM | Hotel Santa Fe, The Hacienda & Spa | Marias | Great hotel! |
| 9 | Santa Fe, NM | Hotel Santa Fe | Tortilla Flats | Couldn’t get into the place we wanted |
| 10 | Santa Fe, NM | Hotel Santa Fe | Santa Fe Bar & Grill | Best dinner we had in Santa Fe |
| 11 | Santa Fe, NM | Hotel Santa Fe | Harry’s Roadhouse | |
| 12 | Durango, CO | Doubletree | Mutu’s | Great Italian food, excellent GF |
| 13 | Salt Lake City, UT | Hilton Garden Inn | Biaggi’s | Relatively poor dinner |
| 14 | Boise, ID | N/A | Ate in | |
| 15 | Boise, ID | N/A | Ate in | |
| 16 | Boise, ID | N/A | Boise Fry Company | Now have GF hamburger buns, great fries! |
| 17 | Home | N/A | N/A |
Tickets: zero!
You see more FedEx trucks than Wal-Mart trucks. By far. What does this mean? Is Amazon winning?
Best scenery: Tie between Montana and Utah
Scenery we’ve seen enough of: Colorado Springs to Santa Fe
Best state for driving: Montana
Worst state for driving: Oregon