By the time we were done, Bill had almost become a pilot shop himself. We had 4 terminal area charts, 6 instrument low charts, 12 sectionals, and 4 AF/D books.

Cost of hotels, restaurants and cars significantly more than cost of fuel. ($150/night).
Fuel was about $50 to $70.
Avg. speed = 100k, 115mph.

Seats:

After about an hour of flying, we found that the seats were god-awful uncomfortable and needed at the minimum a lumbar support. We found ourselves doing the "CT Wiggle" about every ½ hour. We did get some packing foam from the front desk at our first hotel, which Helen carved into temporary lumbar supports. They did the trick, but by the time our trip was ended they had been taped back together a lot! Following the advice from others on the ctflyer discussion board, we bought some aircraft rated foam and will upgrade the seats as soon as it's warm enough and dry enough to work outside.

Cold Drafts:

Even though Bill put clear shipping tape over the wing mounting holes and the viewing holes for the gas gauges, cold air coming in on the right froze Helen to the point that it took 3 hours to warm up. L She's picked up some Plexiglas and some foam washer material to make plugs that can still be seen through. Again, we're waiting for decent weather.

Seat Belts:

The lap belt doesn't stay down at the hip area and the shoulder belts get loose.

Other:

Organizing oxygen tubes, headphone cables etc: