Thursday, October 4, 2007

Fun Facts


Fun facts from the summer
Number of Days: 72
Number of Miles: Approximately 4455
Number of States traveled through: 12 (NY, NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, MO, KS, CO, UT, AZ, CA)
Number of Riders at Start: 18
Number of Riders at End: 16
Hottest Day: Approximately 110+ degrees (Hite, UT)
Longest Day: 116 miles (Grand Rapids, OH to Huntington, IN)
Shortest Day: 43 miles (Zion NP, UT to Fredonia, AZ)
Highest Elevation: 11,312 (Monarch Pass)
Longest stretch between "real" showers: 8 days! (Fredonia, AZ to Chandler, AZ)
Number of sink/garden hose/river/lake showers: 31
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches consumed: 144 +/-
Pop Tarts consumed: 61
Bottles of water per day: 6-8
Weight gain/loss: 0
Hail Storms: 1
Animal grease spots: more than I can count.
Chased by dogs: 2x (that I recall)
Flat tires: 2
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