$286.52

Two hundred eighty-six dollars and fifty-two cents: that's the total amount we paid for gas on our 2,016-mile road trip to Connecticut.

(The mathematically inclined will notice that I left this photo -- of a $35.21 fill-up -- out of the above collage.)

P.S. Upon seeing this post, Becky asked, "How many miles per gallon did we get?" Good question!

According to the nine photos, we used a total of 70.538 gallons on the trip. (If you're wondering, we filled the tank immediately before leaving and immediately after returning, so we started and ended our trip with a full tank. I did not include the pre-trip fill-up in my count, but I did include the post-trip fill-up, so the nine included fill-ups should accurately represent the gas we actually used on the trip.)

So, according to the trip meter's count of 2,016 miles, divided by 70.538 gallons, we got 28.58 miles per gallon, which is actually slightly better than what the Mazda is supposed to get for highway mileage (28 mpg). And that's despite the fact that we did a bit of city driving in there as well. Nice!!