I had a goal when I left on the trip to try to keep my expenses to $50 per day. This doesn't sound like a lot but when you add up my trip of 14 weeks times 7 days = 98 days times $50 = $4900 for the trip.
Once I get to CA and I stay relatively still and I am not buying gas every day my costs will stabilize a bit.
Overall I feel good about my cost management so far.
It certainly has helped with gas prices near $3.00 for a few segments of the trip. CA will be a different story.