Friday, May 30, 2008

Fun Facts of Our Chapter One Adventure

We arrived back at the farm in northeast Iowa and have been enjoying doing the yard work and watching the spring season begin. We have assembled a list of fun facts from our year long trip that we want to share with everyone. Hope you enjoy them. If you are in West Union and you see the lights on, please stop in to say "Hi". We would enjoy visiting with you.

Fun Facts:

Number of miles driven in Winnebago motor home - 12,576

Number of miles driven in Jeep tow vehicle - 12,136

Traveled to - 3 countries

Traveled through - 30 states (this trip) all 50 now completed

Traveled through - 9 provinces of Canada

Price of fuel - Diesel - start of trip May of 2007 - $2.79 per gallon

Price of fuel - Diesel - end of trip May of 2008 - $4.27 per gallon

Price of diesel in Canada - June of 2007 - $.89.9 per litre

Price of diesel in Canada - September of 2007 - $1.09.4 per litre

Number of photos taken - 12,329

Number of blogs posted - 125

Longest stay - Brooksville, FL - 132 days


Favorite activities: (not in any particular order)


Branding in Montana

Collecting agates on the Pacific and Atlantic shores

Canadian Rockies

Calgary Stampede

Tuna catch on Prince Edward Island (PEI)

Tide changes in Maine

Light houses

Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway

NASCAR Shops in North Carolina

Sunsets at Treasure Island, Florida

Fresh oranges in Florida

Horses and gophers at Brooksville, Florida

Walmart and Taco Bell

Taking memorable photos and blogging

Visiting family and friends (making new friends along the way)

Texas and Kansas NASCAR Races

And many more too numerous to mention!

1 comment:

clare3 said...

Wow! And you picked a great time to retire if you are watching the news.:0) So happy to see you having such a great time. It will be 13 years for me on Thursday and enjoying every minute of retirement and Roy too. Leila