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Chelsea, AL · 4Runner + Teardrop Camper + Starlink · Completed routes, traced from GPS and atlas photos.

1 Completed Trip
3 National Parks
5,991 Actual Miles
$1,735 Actual Gas Cost
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✓ Completed Trip 1 19 Days Aug 6–24, 2026

Trip 1 — Glacier · Yellowstone · Grand Teton · Ouray

Reconstructed from GPS data in 2,004 of our own trip photos: north through OKC and the Front Range, with a rest stop at Boysen Reservoir, WY, to Glacier National Park (1 night — North Fork, Bowman Lake, Lake McDonald) at peak wildflower season, looping through Missoula and Butte to Yellowstone and a day trip through Grand Teton, camping that night in Buffalo Valley. The return leg didn't go as planned — instead of Pinedale and Steamboat Springs, the actual route ran through Rock Springs and Flaming Gorge into Grand Junction, then over the San Juans through Lake City, a stop in downtown Telluride, Ouray, and Durango, before Albuquerque and Amarillo on the way home.

🏕 Boysen Reservoir, WY 🏔 Glacier NP — 1 night 🌋 Yellowstone NP ⛰ Grand Teton NP — day trip 🏜 Grand Junction, CO 🏘 Telluride, CO ⛰ Ouray & the San Juans 🏔 Durango, CO 🌵 Albuquerque, NM 🤠 Amarillo · OKC return
Estimated (pre-trip plan)
~5,200Est. Miles
371Gallons @ 14 mpg
~$3.91Avg $/gal on route
~$1,451Est. Gas Cost
Actual (LubeLogger, Aug 5–22)
5,991Actual Miles
424.3Gallons @ 14.1 mpg
$4.09Avg $/gal actual
$1,735Actual Gas Cost
Actual ran ~15% over the plan on miles and cost — the return-route swap plus slightly higher pump prices — but realized mpg (14.1) landed almost exactly on the 14.0 mpg planning assumption.