Raw numbers
5,505 miles - round trip from Issaquah(Seattle), WA to Fairbanks, AK via Valdez and Anchorage.
19 days - 17 days riding, one day working on fuel pump in Anchorage , one tourist day in Fairbanks
Tank range - 220 miles
Gas fill ups - 39
Gallons of gas - 122
Gas Cost - $510
Hotel Cost - $1248 total, this was for 14 nights. My cost was $624. We stayed with friends two nights in Anchorage and two nights in Fairbanks.
Food Cost - $665, We usually got up and rode for a couple hours in the morning before stopping for food. Then ate dinner when we got to the destination for the night. I snacked some during the day. So we ate at restaurants twice a day
Total Cost - $1799, two meals per day, 14 nights hotel, and gas.
Averages
MPG - 45
Miles between fill-ups - 141, this was not optimized. We generally filled up where we knew we could get gas. My bike was the short range bike so I determined fill-ups. Having another 50 miles of range would have helped
U.S. Gas Price - $3.18/gallon, the median was $3.10. Interestingly the cheapest gas in the US was in Fairbanks at $2.93/gallon and the most expensive was $3.57 in Valdez. Now both of these are close to the pipeline, both have small refineries in the immediate area. As a consumer there must be a couple of things I don't understand about the oil/gas business.
Canadian Gas Price - $4.61/gallon(converted from liters) , the median was $4.53 . The highest price was $5.62 per gallon in Muncho Lake. This is in the middle of the BC wilderness. The least expensive was in Whistler at $4.07/gallon.
Overall Gas - $4.18/gallon
Hotel Cost - $89/night, 14 nights. This was for a single room with two beds. My half was $44.50/night. This is a category to cut cost from the trip. It made it real easy to "break camp" in the morning but next time I will camp as much as practical.
Food Cost - $35/day. Roughly $12-$15 for the first meal $20-$23 for dinner. Cooking would reduce the cost but it was nice not to carry stove and cooking equipment. But if you were planning to camp more this would be an area to take cost out of the trip.
Cost per Day - $95 - not including the cost of the bike, equipment, and consumables like tires
14 korr 2007
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