*whew*

[kickaha]

We're back. No time for a decent write-up right now, but here are some quick stats to tide you over:

Days: 23
Miles: 8110.1
Longest single day (miles): 1054
Longest single day (hours): 18.25
Gallons of gas: (fill in later)
National/state parks visited: 9
Open pit mines visited: 1
States traversed: 17
Oceans visited: 2
Highest altitude (Jeep): 11,992ft
Highest altitude (foot): 12,020 ft
Time taken to recover breath after running those last 28ft: don't ask
Lowest altitude: sea level (twice)
Brakes set on fire: 2
Wildfires seen: 5
Campers burned to frame seen on side of interstate: 1
Bugs killed on front of Jeep: innumerable
Rainstorms: 4
Rainstorms hard enough to bring traffic to a near-halt on the interstate: 4
Mudslides blocking interstate: 1
Sunburns: 0
Farmer tans: 2
Times "Jane Says" played on the radio: too damned much for comfort
Meals eaten at *any* major fast food chain: **0**
Geysers seen: more than 20
Geysers seen erupting: 4
Dead rodents in very very hot springs: 2
Dead rodents on road: 2
Dead bunnies on road: 1
Dead cows on road: 1 (extra points for extreme state of bloating, in my opinion)
Photos taken: 580
Photos taken of dead things: 5
Passes driven over: 12
Worth mentioning: 7
"What pass?": 5

And finally....

Times gingko thought she was reenacting a Kafka text: 1

Comments

Twas a quest...

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Of course we defined 'major' as 'we can get it pretty much anywhere in the US'. Regional chains were okay. (Taco John's, Ivar's, White Castle, etc)

Still, we ate way too many mini-mart hot dogs in desperation when there was literally that or McD's... :/

Re: Twas a quest...

[gilthalas.livejournal.com]

Oh OK that makes a lot more sense. I was wondering how in the hell you got away with no fast food on a trip that long. What kind of geek are you?