PACIFIC NORTHWEST
The cost of driving the Oregon and Washington coast
SLEEPING
Hotels: $930
Hotel taxes: $90.24
Tips: $14
MEALS FOR ONE
$382.12
ACTIVITIES
Admission fees for state parks, national park, national forest, Prehistoric Gardens (Port Orford, Ore.), Sea Lion Caves (Florence, Ore.): $56.95
TRANSPORTATION
31.8 gallons of gas from service stations: $91.37 (average $2.87 a gallon)
5.4 gallons from Hertz: $43.45 ($8.04 a gallon)
Ferry from Port Townsend to Whidbey Island: $11.15
Car rental plus various taxes and fees: $463.81
On Horizon from LAX to California's Arcata/Eureka airport in McKinleyville, just south of Oregon border: $140.60.
On Alaska from Seattle- Tacoma airport to LAX: $219.60.
Fees for one piece of luggage on each trip: $30.
Tip to baggage handler: $2.
Credit toward future travel after Horizon failed to get luggage on flight: $100.
TOTAL
$2,475.29 (less $100 toward future travel)
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