Epic 11,000 Mile, 46-day, 33-state Family Road Trip Culminates Wednesday for PapiBlogger Family With Miami Celebration

MIAMI, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- After more than 11,000 miles, 33 states and 46 days, PapiBlogger's epic family road trip will come to a rousing end with a celebration in Miami.  

Sometime before 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 4, PapiBlogger Manny Ruiz, his wife Angela and three kids (Jonathan 10, Elena 6 and Briani 1) will drive into Miami Lakes Chevrolet in their famous PapiMobile (aka 2010 Chevrolet Traverse) where they will be greeted by family, friends and reporters invited to attend the event.   (The dealership is located at 16600 NW 57th Ave., Miami Lakes, FL 33014).

"Our journey has been nothing less than astonishing," said PapiBlogger Manny Ruiz.  "Everywhere we've gone people ask 'How did you do it with three kids?'  'What's the favorite part of your trip?'  'What did you learn about America?'  We're eager to share those stories and more with the world."

The PapiMobile left Miami on Father's Day, June 20th on a route that took the family from Miami to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Seattle, Seattle to Portland, Maine and Portland back to Miami.

Some of key facts about the trip include:

- Number of Miles Traveled: More than 11,000 miles

- Number of States Visited: 33 states

- Number of Days Traveled: 46 days

- Different Cities Where the Family Stayed Overnight: 24 cities

- Longest hours driven in one day: 13 hours

- Average miles driven per day: 260

- Average hours driven per day: 4.5 hours

Among the famous places the family visited are: Mount St. Helens (by helicopter); Mount Rushmore; Niagara Falls (by boat); Plymouth Rock; the Grand Canyon (by helicopter); the Las Vegas strip; Disneyland; the Hoover Dam; Broadway (to see "Mary Poppins"); Meteor Crater; Yellowstone National Park; Devil's Tower; the movie set of "Transformers 3"; the White House; Salem; Mt. Hood, Oregon; the Golden Gate Bridge; Canada; Motown; the Old West town of Deadwood, South Dakota; the 1955 McDonald's Ray Kroc opened in Chicago; the Kennedy Space Center; Bourbon Street and many more!

Partial list of cities PapiBlogger visited: St. Augustine; New Orleans; Austin, TX; Marfa; TX, Santa Fe, NM; Las Vegas; Washington, DC; Anaheim, CA; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Mt. Hood, OR; Seattle, WA; Cody, WY; Deadwood, ND; Chicago; New York City; Salem, MA; Detroit; Buffalo, NY; Niagara Falls, Canada; Savannah, GA; Gloucester, MA; Bozeman, Montana and many more.

NATIONAL FACEBOOK CONTEST

PapiBlogger and his sponsors from Chevrolet, McDonald's, Sprint Nextel and Sony are hosting a national Facebook contest that asks "How many miles total did the Chevrolet Traverse travel during the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip?"

The person who makes the most accurate guess of how many miles PapiBlogger has driven will win a Sony Bloggie.  Great prizes will also be awarded for second and third place.  The contest ends on Sunday, August 8 and the winners will be announced on Monday, August 9.

The PapiBlogger Family Road Trip Contest is open to anybody but only Facebook fans of PapiBlogger are eligible.  Only one guess per Facebook fan will be accepted.  Complete contest rules are posted at http://tinyurl.com/2auqb5m.

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SOURCE Manny Ruiz