The Trip:
- Time
- 85 days away from home
- __ engine hours (I thought I recorded it before we left, but can't find it!)
- Distance
- 18,000 miles driven
- 206 miles per day
- Fuel
- 2,385 gallons of diesel
- $6,900 fuel cost
- $2.89 avg per gallon
- 7.36 miles per gallon (trip average)
- 6-10 mpg per tank, depending on terrain & driving conditions
- Food
- $1,884 spent on trip
- Monthly:
- $55 Aug 29-31
- $550 Sep
- $840 Oct
- $390 Nov 1-21
- $22/day for 15 people ($1.46/person)
- (Yes, we brought food with us. We're also really tired of peanut butter.)
- Lodging:
- $15,210 paid to AirBnB
- $179/day ($12/person)
Bus Expenses
- 2008 Krystal Koach made on International 3200 chassis
- 19 months between bus purchase and start of the trip
- 134,000 miles -- er, make that 152,000 -- on the odometer
- $31,400 purchase price
- $15,300 in bus repair/service
- $11,000 in upgrades, accessories, and misc. costs
- $90,000 to build a shop that houses the bus (and performs a lot of other functions)
- $1,800 vehicle insurance
- $159,000 tagged as having anything at all to do w/ the bus
- $21,000 for [accelerated] completion of apartment for house sitters
Total Expenses
- $20k-200k, depending on what you want to count