Friday, October 18, 2013

Staat Stats 2013

To summarize our 2013 adventure, here are a few Staat Stats:

Miles travelled:  9,538 
Miles travelled on gravel roads (including 4-wheel drive trails):  495 (mas or menos)

Days on the road:  49
States visited:  13

Lowest recorded temperature inside the camper:  34 degrees (the result of an empty propane tank... burrrrrrrr!)
Lowest recorded temperature outside the camper:  17 degrees

Greatest snowfall:  8 inches
Consecutive days of rain:  10 (it would have been 14 days, but we had 36 hours of beautiful weather in Quinault)

Nights in motels:  8 (including 5 days during family visits)

Cheapest gasoline per gallon:  $2.929 per gallon (Española, NM)
Most expensive gasoline:  $3.799 per gallon (Challis, ID)
Number of gallons of gasoline used:  674 gallons

Number of National Parks missed due to shutdown:
  Glacier Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Bryce, Zion, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches, and Mesa Verde

Beautiful places that we would have missed had it not been for the shutdown:  Davis Mountain wild horses (UT), Highway 105 through Uinta Mountains (UT), Fremont Indian State Park (UT), Posey Lake and Hell's Backbone Road (UT), Highway 46 and 90/145 (UT/CO)

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