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Well, we got home last night and the results are in.

The coast is beautiful, as is most of the Oregon interior. The highways however were spotty on maintenance and need some work.

Mileage:

Total trip: 2050 miles in 6 days
Total mpg: 70 mpg, disappointed I didn't make the goal. I'm sure it was a combination of short hills and rough roads.

The first leg, Pocatello to Portland, 700 miles, the cars computer reported 72.5 mpg, calculated was 76.9. This is the most it has been off for a positive number.

Once we hit the coast the numbers went way down as did the road quality, plus elevation fluctuations of 0 - 200 yards the entire trip.

Portland - Crescent City, Ca: 497 miles. Trip computer 67 mpg, calculated: 65 mpg.

The leg from Crescent City to Boise Id saw the largest elevation fluctuations ranging from sea level to nearly 7000 feet at Crater Lake.
The trip computer reported 66mpg, calculated was 68.5mpg.

I haven't calculated the remaining leg from Boise to Pocatello, but the trip computer is only showing 62mpg which is weird, because I got 80mpg from Pocatello to Boise. The Interstate coming back was much rougher and needs work.

The absolute best place we stumbled on was a camp ground / RV park outside of Coos Bay, Or. We ended up getting a camp site 50 feet off the beach. The beach was beautiful and also had a lot of sandstone formations with many tidal pools. Some people from California told us that was the best beach they knew of on the whole coast. Funny how finding stuff like this is totally random.

On mileage and hills. The Insight loves long climbs and descents, not so much short climbs with equally short descents. Road quality also plays a major role. Average speed throughout the entire trip other than the Pocatello to Boise stretch was 55 - 60 mph. But the mileage netted was closer to what I would get at 70 - 75 mph on a good flat road.