Our Longest Trip Yet - By the Numbers

 

Completing the "Lower 48"

101 degree sunset - Sacramento Valley, California

Yesterday, we winterized the motor home and prepared it for a long winter's rest.  We 've been home from our trip out West for a month.  Here are some numbers from that trip.

Wisconsin

Montana

68 - days

9, 546 - miles in motorhome

1,710 - miles in tow car

23 - States and Provinces

8 - new States - completing the "Lower 48"

2 - new Provinces

 

Wilder, Idaho

Heceta Beach, Oregon

12 - national parks (9 US, 3 Canada)

3 - state parks

2 - lighthouses

11,539 ft - highest elevation

101/27 - highest/lowest temperatures

42 - places stayed (27 private campgrounds, 6 public campgrounds, 7 family/friends, 2 Cracker Barrel parking lots)

25 - friends and relatives visited

Seattle, Washington

Our highest point, Colorado

This has been a big travel year for us.  Here are some numbers for 2023

24+ - weeks on the road

9 - months traveled during

15, 272 - miles in motor home

Visitors to the Lego Space Needle - click on image to see details and find Santa

Montana

What's next?  We'll start running the roads again in March 2024, heading South, eventually arriving in the Florida Keys for April.

Winemaking - Idaho

Mt. Shasta, California through wildfire smoke