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)***