Trip Summary of Statistics

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)***

Fireweed Girl

Our Faithful Fit

Here's a snapshot of some of the views our car drove us to see:

(Notice the used tire we bought)

Our home on wheels!

The dirt roads sure made it dirty:

After 3 flats, it came home with 4 brand new tires (and 2 chips in the windshield).

As cramped as we were, this tiny gas-efficient car allowed us to go the extra mile (literally) by seeing more of God's amazing handiwork!! 

It does really well on curvy roads and pulling over in small spaces along the road for photo opps!

Our only disappointment was that it didn't do well on the gravel roads (all the flat tires) and we never made it to the Arctic Circle.

Our Thule has a lot more stickers on it. Too bad we didn't start getting stickers years ago...that thing would be plastered! 

We are notorious for using every cubic inch of space, but somehow we managed to find space to bring back a ziplock full of beach glass, lots of heart rocks, shells, a few souvenirs & gifts for people, a plant start from Anissa's cousin (that was one of her Grandma's favorite house plants), etc.

We still think Honda should've sponsored our trip as driving advertising "What you can fit in a Fit!" ;)

Wildflowers

Here is a small collection of some of the windflowers we saw this summer. Some we know the names, some we don't.

Fireweed:

(Had never seen it growing out of rock like this...very pretty):

The Alaska State Flower--Forget Me Not:

Arctic Lupine:

Nootka Lupine:

Columbine:

Monkshood:

Moss Campion:

Sitka Valerian:

Common Red Paintbrush:

With some yellow Frigid Arnica mixed in:

"Einsteins":

Wild Geranium:

Wild Strawberry:

Siberian Aster:

Western Anemone:

Red Burnet (we think):

One-Flowered Potentilla: