This page follows the same route as Trip 1's planned map — we highlighted every leg by hand in a
Rand McNally atlas along the way, and the route below is drawn from those pages. The line and photo captions
below are grouped the same way the plan is: outbound north, the MT → WY loop,
and the return south.
5,991Actual Miles
424.3Gallons (29 fill-ups)
14.1Actual mpg
$4.09Avg $/gal
$1,735Actual Gas Cost
From LubeLogger fill-ups, Aug 5–22, 2026 (odometer 144,687 → 150,678). Ran ~15% over the ~5,200 mi / ~$1,451 planning estimate — mostly the return route swap (Rock Springs/Grand Junction/San Juans instead of Pinedale/Steamboat Springs) plus slightly higher pump prices — but realized mpg (14.1) landed almost exactly on the 14.0 mpg planning assumption. Back to trip overview →
Leg (for future trip estimates)MilesMPG$/gal$/mi
Outbound (north)3,00313.8$3.95$0.287
MT → WY loop64515.9$4.85$0.305
Return south2,34314.1$4.09$0.289
⛽ pins on the map mark every real gas-station stop from the Chase statement (fill-ups cross-referenced with LubeLogger gallons/mpg where matched — tap a pin for details). Loop-leg gas (Yellowstone/Teton corridor) ran ~23% pricier per gallon than the plains legs — worth budgeting extra for that stretch on a similar future route. 2 stops (Wild West, Whistlestop Station) couldn't be resolved to a map location from the statement alone.
Outbound (north)
MT → WY loop
Return south
⛽ Gas stop (tap for price/mpg)
loading road routes…
From the Atlas
The actual atlas pages, in driving order. A couple of the photos each capture two different
legs of the trip at once, since a paper atlas doesn't always keep nearby-on-the-road places on nearby pages — those
are noted below. Tap any photo to zoom in.