June 14-Aug 25
73 days, 72 nights
Starting Mileage: 24,373
Ending Mileage: 37,237
Total Mileage: 12,864
7 States
5 Canadian Provinces
8 times crossing the US/Canadian border
11 time changes
3 flat tires
2 chips in the windshield
# of nights slept in our tent: 33
# of nights slept in a friend's or relative's house: 36
# of nights slept in our car: 2 + last one driving through the night to get home
Longest stretch without showers: 5 days (our all time record is 6 days when camping in the SW)
Visited:
10/19 of Anissa's (living) 1st cousins on the Buerge side
2 sets of aunts/uncles
oodles of friends, church family, former colleagues & students
4 US National Parks
5 Canadian National Parks
3 National Historic Place
6 National Forests
2 National Monuments
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS:
Black Bear--23+2 cubs
Brown Bear--3
Moose--11
Bison--13 individual plus 1 huge herd with several babies
Elk--8
Caribou--6
Bald Eagles--too many to count
Sea Lions--3
Harbor Seals--20+
Sea Otters--dozens
Ptarmigan--3
Porcupines--6
Mountain Goat--1 mamma+ 1 baby
Mountain Sheep--1 dozen +1 baby
Big Horn Sheep--52 + 4 babies
Hoary Marmmots--3
Pikas-3+1 baby
Salmon--hundreds
Red Fox--1
Prairie Dogs--hundreds
Pronghorns--1 dozen
Deer--9+3 fawns
# of hikes: 11
# of times kayaking: 3
# of ferries: 2
States NOT found in the license plate game:
Vermont & Delaware
***Its fun to compare these statistics with the ones from our 2012 10-week road trip (you can see that on this same blog if you scroll down to 2012)***
