To summarize our Alaska adventure, here are a few Staat Stats:
Miles travelled: 19,162
Miles travelled on gravel roads (including 4-wheel drive roads): 2,164 (mas or menos)
Days on the road: 104 (or 2,475 hours or 148,500 glorious minutes!)
Days in Alaska: 44
Days in Canada: 33
Days in Lower 48: 27
Days in Alaska: 44
Days in Canada: 33
Days in Lower 48: 27
States visited: 11
Canadian Provinces visited: 2
Canadian Territories visited: 2
Consecutive days with rain: 31 (an Anchorage record)
Average Alaska high temperature: 62 degrees (the tenth coldest summer and most cloudiest on record)
Lowest recorded temperature while camping: 26 degrees
Best Sticky Bun: Tetsa River Campground
Best Dinner: Tie between Northern Rockies Lodge's Spaetzl and grilled seafood at Christo's Palace in Seward
Best New Food: Reindeer Sausage
Worst New Food: Sourdough Pancakes
Combined (x3!) weight loss: 43 pounds
Animals observed (at least these are the ones we most remember!): Arctic Ground Squirrel, Bat, Beaver, Bison, Bighorn Sheep, Black Bear, Brown Bear, Burros, Canada Geese, Caribou, Chipmunk, Coyote, Crows, Dall Sheep, Dall's Porpoise, Eagle, Elk, Falcon, Golden Eagle, Grizzly Bear, Gulls, Gyrfalcon, Harbor Porpoise, Harbor Seal, Hawks, Humpback Whale, Loon, Lynx, Marmot, Moose, Mosquitos (large enough to be considered animals!), Mule Deer, Musk Ox, Osprey, Pelicans, Pika, Porcupine, Raccoon, Prairie Dog, Prairie Rattlesnake, Pronghorn Antelope, Ptarmagin, Puffins, Rabbit, Raven, Redtail Fox, River Otter, Salmon, Sandhill Crane, Sandpipers, Sea Lion, Sea Otter, Skunk, Snow Geese, Squirrel, Stone Sheep, Swans, Terns, Trout, Vole, Weasel, Whitetail Deer, Wild Horses, Walrus, Wolf, Woodpeckers,
Average Alaska high temperature: 62 degrees (the tenth coldest summer and most cloudiest on record)
Lowest recorded temperature while camping: 26 degrees
Best Sticky Bun: Tetsa River Campground
Best Dinner: Tie between Northern Rockies Lodge's Spaetzl and grilled seafood at Christo's Palace in Seward
Best New Food: Reindeer Sausage
Worst New Food: Sourdough Pancakes
Combined (x3!) weight loss: 43 pounds
Animals observed (at least these are the ones we most remember!): Arctic Ground Squirrel, Bat, Beaver, Bison, Bighorn Sheep, Black Bear, Brown Bear, Burros, Canada Geese, Caribou, Chipmunk, Coyote, Crows, Dall Sheep, Dall's Porpoise, Eagle, Elk, Falcon, Golden Eagle, Grizzly Bear, Gulls, Gyrfalcon, Harbor Porpoise, Harbor Seal, Hawks, Humpback Whale, Loon, Lynx, Marmot, Moose, Mosquitos (large enough to be considered animals!), Mule Deer, Musk Ox, Osprey, Pelicans, Pika, Porcupine, Raccoon, Prairie Dog, Prairie Rattlesnake, Pronghorn Antelope, Ptarmagin, Puffins, Rabbit, Raven, Redtail Fox, River Otter, Salmon, Sandhill Crane, Sandpipers, Sea Lion, Sea Otter, Skunk, Snow Geese, Squirrel, Stone Sheep, Swans, Terns, Trout, Vole, Weasel, Whitetail Deer, Wild Horses, Walrus, Wolf, Woodpeckers,
US license plates seen: All but Rhode Island, West Virginia, and Hawaii
Times we played our John Denver CDs: Too numerous to mention!
Days we listened to XM Radio: 4 (we're canceling our subscription)
Total car wash cycles: 17
Total dog wash cycles: 3
Amount of Mail Awaiting Us: 3-foot-tall stack (literally!)
Loads of Laundry To Do: 9Number of times Roxanne has shed: 2 (Rox went from her summer coat to winter and is now back to summer... we expect her winter coat to come back in once the weather cools here in Texas. We are unable to calculate the amount of dog hair removed from the truck... let's just say that you could probably stuff a mattress with it!)
Flat Tires: 1 (actually, it was a slow leak)
New Chips in Windshield: 1
Shortest and most expensive metered shower: $2 for 3 minutes
Most expensive gasoline: $4.66 per gallon
Photos taken: 6,079 (not including the ones that I've already deleted)... anyone interested in seeing the entire slide show? :)
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