Trip Summary & Statistics

Days traveled: 71 (June 10-Aug 19)
Miles driven: 11,638
States traveled in or driven through: 16

NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM VISITED:
16 National Parks
7 National Forests
6 National Rec Areas
4 National Historical Parks
3 National Marine Sanctuary
2 National Historic Sites
2 National Wildlife Refuge
2 National Volcanic Monuments
2 National Historic Trails
1 National Seashore

ALSO WENT TO:
9 Lighthouses
5 American Girl stores
4 Hot Springs
Innumerable beaches & waterfalls

PAID ATTRACTIONS:
6 Flags Over Texas
San Diego Zoo
Sea World
Lego Land
Hearst Castle
Medona Musical (in ND)
Whale Watching Trip in San Juan Islands
The Whale Museum
Monterray Bay Aquarium
Seattle Space Needle
Jumpstreet (in Phoenix)
Tucson Desert Museum
Drive-thru Tree

RODE ON A:
Ocean Ferry
San Francisco Cable Car
Mechanical Bull
Seattle Monorail
Ferris Wheel
Roller coasters
Log Flumes
Ariel Tram
Outdoor escalator
Water Taxi
Whale Watching Boat
4 wheeler
A horse
A ranger/gator
Moped scooter
Elevators

HIKES: 26

NIGHTS SLEPT
In the tent: 35
At family or friends house: 18
In motels: 9
At a youth hostel: 2
At a beach house w/ Anissa's fam: 4
In the car: 3

Cheapest camp site: $8
Most expensive camp site: $45
Cheapest Motel: $50
Most expensive hotel: $120 (downtown San Francisco)

PHOTOS:
We took at total of 7,210 photos on the iPad. This averages out to 102 photos per day.

DRIVING:
Number of stops for gas: 64 times
Cheapest gas: $3.09
Most expensive gas: $5.52
Average gas mileage: 30.6 mpg
Average gas we paid for whole trip: 12.4 cents per mile
Average miles travelled per day: 164 miles
"Near misses" (for car accident): 1
How much of the driving Joey did: 100% (the one time he allowed Anissa to drive 3 blocks to get food for the kids, she accidentally went down a 1-way street and got pulled over by a cop! No ticket thankfully, but further determining Joey to not let her drive!)
What percentage of the time we had to remind Jonas to put his seatbelt on: 100%

WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS:
1 black bear
1 grizzly bear
4 bald eagles
2 coyotes
A pod of orca whales
1 gray whale
A herd of Roosevelt Elk
Dozens of Dolphins
Hundreds of buffalo/bison
Packs of prairie dogs
3 Foxes
Several roadrunners
1 armadillo
Jack rabbits
200+ elephant seals
Scores of Seals & Sea lions
Tons of slugs
Zillions of lizards
Handfuls of hermit crabs
A bunch of bats
Flocks of Pelicans, Cormorants, Black Pigeon Gillimonts & other sea birds
An island full of obnoxious nesting sea gulls
Innumerable star fish, sea urchins, sand dollars, chitons, & sea anemones
0 snakes (to Joey's great relief)

WILD ANIMALS JONAS HELD:
Baby chipmunk
Squirrels
Birds
Lizards
Snails
Hermit Crabs
Starfish
Chiton
**the kids also petted dolphins & sting rays (in captivity) at Sea World**

PLACES JONAS SWAM:
ocean, natural lake, man-made lake, river, hot springs, swimming pool, hot tub, tide pool, creek, waterfall

WEATHER:
Hottest day: 120 degrees
Coldest day: 38 degrees
Drove through 3 monsoons
Hiked through hail
Slid down snow
Hiked on snow
Roads closed due to snow: 3

JUNIOR RANGER BADGES EARNED:
Alea--16
Jonas--10

EXTREMES:
*Slept with fleece hats & gloves, 5 layers of clothes, mummy bags cinched up & zipped together so we could snuggle for body warmth and STILL so cold we couldn't sleep!
*Slept in tank tops, no covers, not touching, so hot we couldn't sleep, Joey got up and dunked his head in water halfway thru the night to cool off.

Number of days without showering: 5 days (twice)!

The 6 states we never found for the "license plate game":
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Connecticut
Delaware
**You'd think after 71 days and almost 12,000 miles we would've seen cars from all 50 states, but alas we came up short!***