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| Vancouver to Trois Rivières - 2 weeks |
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| Vancouver to Kamloops - 320km |
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| Kamloops to Banff - 500km |
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| Banff to Drumheller - 253km |
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Drumheller to Regina - 711km
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Saul Ste Marie to Ottawa - 800km
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Week 1 - distance and cost summary.
We stayed with Karen and Kenny in Kamloops so we didn't have any lodging costs and only minimal meal costs.
The 'Misc' column is for parking, shopping and any other costs that don't fit in this spreadsheet. Jemma is keeping a track of the Misc details.
We anticipate an average cost of about $200/day for the entire trip. Our average so far is $182.17 per day.
Week 2
After three weeks on the road here are our total expenses to date and average costs. All of our averages are down. We can attribute this to staying with friends along the way and Momma's awesome cooking!
Next week we will be in school for three weeks. Our breakfast and lunch is included but we have to buy our evening meals. We will try to break out the total cost into approximate cost of lodgings, meals and admissions o as not to throw off our averages too much.
Week 4 - Trois Riviéres
Date
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
16-Jun
|
334
|
Home
|
Kamloops
|
$0.00
|
$19.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$40.61
|
$1.00
|
$60.61
|
17-Jun
|
247
|
Kamloops
|
Revelstoke
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$57.79
|
$66.83
|
$29.12
|
$69.01
|
$98.14
|
$320.89
|
18-Jun
|
0
|
Revelstoke
|
Banff
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$32.30
|
$22.50
|
$52.25
|
$21.60
|
$128.65
|
19-Jun
|
329
|
Banff
|
Banff
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$32.30
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$34.50
|
$66.80
|
20-Jun
|
0
|
Banff
|
Drumheller
|
$12.47
|
$8.25
|
$30.00
|
$37.00
|
$104.99
|
$65.32
|
$67.56
|
$325.59
|
21-Jun
|
406
|
Drumheller
|
Drumheller
|
$0.00
|
$16.00
|
$0.00
|
$37.00
|
$23.00
|
$62.09
|
$2.00
|
$140.09
|
22-Jun
|
707
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Drumheller
|
Regina
|
$47.00
|
$16.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$43.00
|
$126.59
|
$0.00
|
$232.5
|
Average per day
|
289.00
|
8.50
|
8.46
|
12.54
|
29.35
|
31.80
|
59.41
|
32.11
|
182.17
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Total
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2,023.00
|
59.47
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59.25
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87.79
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205.43
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222.61
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415.87
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224.80
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1,275.22
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Week 2
Date
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
23-Jun
|
683
|
Regina
|
Regina
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
30.00
|
60.41
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25.00
|
$115.41
|
24-Jun
|
814
|
Regina
|
Kenora
|
12.00
|
0.00
|
53.68
|
36.16
|
16.25
|
127.98
|
0.00
|
$246.07
|
25-Jun
|
478
|
Kenora
|
Kakabeka
|
0.00
|
14.08
|
0.00
|
37.25
|
0.00
|
139.90
|
43.47
|
$234.70
|
26-Jun
|
303
|
Kakabeka
|
Nays
|
0.00
|
37.00
|
0.00
|
37.25
|
0.00
|
44.00
|
6.00
|
$124.25
|
27-Jun
|
353
|
Nays
|
Pancake
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
46.50
|
0.00
|
183.72
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6.00
|
$236.22
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28-Jun
|
536
|
Pancake
|
North Bay
|
28.00
|
0.00
|
38.00
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32.00
|
0.00
|
80.00
|
24.54
|
$202.54
|
29-Jun
|
384
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North Bay
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Ottawa
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
37.83
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35.00
|
0.00
|
52.85
|
39.73
|
$165.41
|
Average per day
|
347.64
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7.11
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7.88
|
15.52
|
30.69
|
19.20
|
78.91
|
26.40
|
185.70
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Total
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3,947.00
|
99.47
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110.33
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217.30
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429.59
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268.86
|
1,104.73
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369.54
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2,599.82
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Week 3
Date
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
30-Jun
|
0
|
Ottawa
|
Ottawa
|
0.00
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39.50
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33.00
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35.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
27.50
|
$135.00
|
1-Jul
|
464
|
Ottawa
|
Ottawa
|
0.00
|
16.00
|
0.00
|
35.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
19.25
|
$70.25
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2-Jul
|
0
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Ottawa
|
Wellington
|
16.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
64.72
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0.00
|
$80.72
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3-Jul
|
300
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Wellington
|
Wellington
|
0.00
|
20.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
61.80
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$81.80
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4-Jul
|
0
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Wellington
|
Gananoque
|
0.00
|
21.76
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31.65
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56.90
|
61.07
|
81.08
|
34.95
|
$287.41
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5-Jul
|
129
|
Gananoque
|
Gananoque
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
56.90
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
19.00
|
$75.90
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6-Jul
|
301
|
Gananoque
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Montreal
|
13.00
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43.00
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0.00
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47.60
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0.00
|
76.05
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70.42
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$250.07
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Average per day
|
270.33
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6.12
|
11.93
|
13.43
|
31.48
|
15.71
|
63.17
|
28.69
|
155.42
|
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Total
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5,376.00
|
128.47
|
250.59
|
281.95
|
660.99
|
329.93
|
1,326.58
|
602.46
|
3,580.97
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Next week we will be in school for three weeks. Our breakfast and lunch is included but we have to buy our evening meals. We will try to break out the total cost into approximate cost of lodgings, meals and admissions o as not to throw off our averages too much.
Week 4 - Trois Riviéres
Date
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kM
|
From
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To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
7-Jul
|
15
|
Montreal
|
Montreal
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
47.60
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
$47.60
|
8-Jul
|
0
|
Montreal
|
Trois Rivieres
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
$90.00
|
9-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
$129.00
|
|
10-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
$129.00
|
|
11-Jul
|
4
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
3.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
78.41
|
$210.41
|
|
12-Jul
|
7
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
2.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
39.53
|
$170.53
|
|
13-Jul
|
3
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
50.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
$179.00
|
|
Average per day
|
124.24
|
$7.09
|
$13.41
|
$10.25
|
$44.59
|
$13.57
|
$47.38
|
$25.73
|
$162.02
|
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Total
|
5,703.00
|
$198.47
|
$375.59
|
$286.95
|
$1,248.59
|
$379.93
|
$1,326.58
|
$720.40
|
$4,536.51
|
The total cost for Trois Riviéres was $1,500 per adult and $450 each for the kids. Jenny got $1,250 back through a bursary so the total is $2,650. I broke this out into the above numbers; $90 for lodging, $39 for meals and $50 per week for admissions. his adds up to $2,650 over three weeks. We get little food stamps to use at the cafeteria for breakfast, lunch and a snack. The kids get their lunch included. We just have to make our own evening meals.
The good news is that our costs will be fairly stable for the next few weeks (apart form trailer and van repair costs and our average daily spending is still quite a bit below our $200 per day budget (the average is an average of the total costs/days to date not just for that week).
Did you know I was such a nerd?
Did you know I was such a nerd?
Week 5
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
14-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
0.00
|
27.02
|
74.44
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
10.00
|
$201.46
|
|
15-Jul
|
339
|
Trois Rivieres
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
81.64
|
10.00
|
$181.64
|
|
16-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
480.74
|
$609.74
|
|
17-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
490.58
|
$619.58
|
|
18-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
26.69
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
3.42
|
$134.11
|
|
19-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
+25+6.89
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
109.79
|
$213.79
|
|
20-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
50.00
|
0.00
|
108.22
|
$287.22
|
|
Average per day
|
172.71
|
7.67
|
14.83
|
10.33
|
53.67
|
12.28
|
40.23
|
55.23
|
193.83
|
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Total
|
6045
|
km
|
$268.47
|
$504.30
|
$361.39
|
$1,878.59
|
$429.93
|
$1,408.22
|
$1,933.15
|
$6,784.05
|
We are up to $193.83 average cost per day now because of our repair and maintenance costs in Trois Rivieres. Oh, well, I would rather have proactive costs than reactive costs.
Our total cost to date is $6,784.05. Not bad for 5 weeks on the road!
Week 6
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
21-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
18.00
|
0.00
|
22.92
|
$130.92
|
|
22-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
18.00
|
0.00
|
21.67
|
$129.67
|
|
23-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
$129.00
|
|
24-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
68.14
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
17.99
|
$215.13
|
|
25-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
25.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
221.61
|
$375.61
|
|
26-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
8.00
|
$137.00
|
|
27-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
14.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
90.00
|
50.00
|
0.00
|
35.70
|
$214.70
|
|
Average per day
|
143.93
|
8.06
|
15.35
|
10.82
|
59.73
|
12.28
|
33.53
|
54.44
|
193.85
|
||
Total
|
6,045
|
km
|
$338.47
|
$629.30
|
$454.53
|
$2,508.59
|
$515.93
|
$1,408.22
|
$2,286.56
|
$8,141.60
|
End of week 6. Bamm! That just flew by. Off to Quebec City tomorrow. back on the road...
Week 7
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
28-Jul
|
0
|
Trois Rivieres
|
Quebec
|
45.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
46.00
|
136.00
|
76.21
|
10.00
|
$313.21
|
29-Jul
|
234
|
V.V.V
|
V.V.V
|
0.00
|
45.00
|
0.00
|
46.00
|
136.00
|
0.00
|
4.50
|
$231.50
|
30-Jul
|
711
|
Valcartier
|
Waterborough, NB
|
13.06
|
6.50
|
47.39
|
36.16
|
0.00
|
178.87
|
34.00
|
$315.98
|
31-Jul
|
287
|
Waterborough, NB
|
Cavendish, PEI
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
72.45
|
69.83
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
84.38
|
$226.66
|
1-Aug
|
0
|
Cavendish, PEI
|
Cavendish, PEI
|
0.00
|
60.50
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
74.58
|
24.46
|
$159.54
|
2-Aug
|
0
|
Cavendish, PEI
|
Cavendish, PEI
|
0.00
|
19.75
|
0.00
|
69.83
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
13.00
|
$102.58
|
3-Aug
|
225
|
Cavendish, PEI
|
Cavendish, PEI
|
0.00
|
18.00
|
83.78
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
3.75
|
$105.53
|
Average per day
|
155.43
|
8.09
|
16.23
|
13.43
|
56.66
|
16.08
|
35.47
|
51.39
|
197.03
|
||
Total
|
7,391
|
km
|
$396.53
|
$779.05
|
$658.15
|
$2,776.41
|
$787.93
|
$1,737.88
|
$2,518.29
|
$9,654.24
|
Week 8
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
4-Aug
|
0
|
Cavendish, PEI
|
Baddeck, NS
|
12.25
|
10.00
|
100.00
|
30.66
|
0.00
|
60.88
|
15.11
|
$228.90
|
5-Aug
|
394
|
Baddeck, NS
|
Baddeck, NS
|
0.00
|
23.00
|
25.00
|
30.66
|
0.00
|
55.15
|
5.25
|
$139.06
|
6-Aug
|
0
|
Cheticamp
|
Cheticamp
|
0.00
|
52.37
|
0.00
|
30.70
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
38.97
|
$122.04
|
7-Aug
|
169
|
Cheticamp
|
Cheticamp
|
0.00
|
71.00
|
0.00
|
30.00
|
19.25
|
0.00
|
8.00
|
$128.25
|
8-Aug
|
0
|
Cheticamp
|
Inginish
|
18.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
35.30
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
$53.30
|
9-Aug
|
0
|
Inginish
|
Inginish
|
0.00
|
20.00
|
42.85
|
35.30
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
65.60
|
$163.75
|
10-Aug
|
0
|
Inginish
|
Louisibourg
|
0.00
|
13.80
|
12.00
|
24.00
|
32.20
|
83.95
|
9.25
|
$175.20
|
Average per day
|
146.05
|
7.62
|
17.62
|
14.96
|
53.45
|
14.99
|
34.60
|
47.51
|
190.44
|
||
Total
|
8,179
|
km
|
$426.78
|
$969.22
|
$838.00
|
$2,993.03
|
$839.38
|
$1,937.86
|
$2,660.47
|
$10,664.74
|
Week 9
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
11-Aug
|
467
|
Louisibourg
|
Louisibourg
|
0.00
|
25.00
|
24.00
|
24.00
|
44.10
|
0.00
|
6.65
|
$123.75
|
12-Aug
|
0
|
Louisibourg
|
Halifax
|
23.50
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
34.00
|
0.00
|
136.05
|
45.86
|
$239.41
|
13-Aug
|
606
|
Halifax
|
Halifax
|
9.50
|
37.78
|
41.00
|
34.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
62.25
|
$184.53
|
14-Aug
|
455
|
Halifax
|
St Martins, NB
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
57.45
|
29.38
|
24.00
|
142.85
|
54.03
|
$307.71
|
15-Aug
|
742
|
St Martins, NB
|
Littleton, MA
|
27.00
|
14.00
|
0.00
|
45.90
|
0.00
|
133.00
|
93.30
|
$313.20
|
16-Aug
|
700
|
littleton, MA
|
Niagara
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
16.00
|
50.00
|
34.50
|
133.70
|
90.46
|
$324.66
|
17-Aug
|
747
|
Niagara
|
Michigan
|
0.00
|
11.93
|
32.00
|
53.00
|
0.00
|
141.53
|
16.80
|
$255.26
|
Week 10
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
18-Aug
|
227
|
Michigan
|
Chicago
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
10.00
|
65.13
|
23.00
|
$98.13
|
19-Aug
|
467
|
Chicago
|
La Crosse
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
30.56
|
31.00
|
0.00
|
60.40
|
8.75
|
$130.71
|
20-Aug
|
447
|
La Crosse
|
Sioux Falls
|
0.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
37.46
|
0.00
|
106.86
|
47.87
|
$217.19
|
21-Aug
|
627
|
Sioux Falls
|
Mt Rushmore
|
13.70
|
25.88
|
20.00
|
55.52
|
0.00
|
127.02
|
103.66
|
$345.78
|
22-Aug
|
625
|
Mt Rushmore
|
Billings, MT
|
10.50
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
47.19
|
80.41
|
69.68
|
$207.78
|
23-Aug
|
0
|
Billings, MT
|
Spokane, WA
|
4.18
|
0.00
|
48.33
|
44.18
|
0.00
|
87.15
|
10.98
|
$194.82
|
24-Aug
|
866
|
Spokane, WA
|
Grand Forks, BC
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
47.98
|
$47.98
|
Average per day
|
247.48
|
$7.36
|
$16.07
|
$15.82
|
$49.02
|
$14.27
|
$45.03
|
$47.74
|
$195.08
|
||
Total
|
14289
|
$515.16
|
$1,108.81
|
$1,107.34
|
$3,431.47
|
$999.17
|
$3,151.96
|
$3,341.74
|
$13,655.65
|
Week 11
|
kM
|
From
|
To
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Lodging
|
Admissions
|
Gas
|
Misc
|
Grand Total
|
25-Aug
|
0
|
Grand Forks, BC
|
Oliver, BC
|
0.00
|
33.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
70.01
|
141.15
|
$244.16
|
26-Aug
|
0
|
Oliver, BC
|
Oliver, BC
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
32.00
|
41.50
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
$73.50
|
27-Aug
|
388
|
Oliver, BC
|
Oliver, BC
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
100.00
|
41.50
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
5.00
|
$146.50
|
28-Aug
|
422
|
Oliver, BC
|
Home
|
12.50
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
41.50
|
0.00
|
48.64
|
32.00
|
$134.64
|
Average per day
|
215.74
|
7.13
|
15.64
|
16.75
|
48.05
|
13.50
|
44.20
|
47.57
|
192.63
|
||
Total
|
15,965.00
|
$527.66
|
$1,141.81
|
$1,239.34
|
$3,555.97
|
$999.17
|
$3,270.61
|
$3,519.89
|
$14,254.45
|
1 comment:
Very impressive record of costs and nice to see you under budget!!! Also impressed that Jenny and Jemma are speaking french, I'm sure that will help you get some good deals as well! Have fun at french school.
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