I'm hoping that my high estimation for food and my low estimation for gas will balence out a little bit. Hopefully, I can do the trip for around $2,500, with maybe an extra $500 for emergencies, souvenirs, gifts, excursions and the such. It's a huge chunk a' change, but I can't think of a better way to spend it.

When I was about 9-years-old my family and I drove from Long Island to Utah in a rickety old RV, and spent a few days in Yellowstone. That was part of my reasoning, but you're right, how could I not at least drive through (I'll probably get plenty distracted). If I'm going to do this trip, I may as well do it right. The same goes for the Oregon coast. Thank you for taking the time to offer some suggestions and tweak my map.

Now I have to force myself to not think about this trip all day long, and actually graduate from college.