I got to Tempe on Saturday from my latest epic summer road trip. I really am fortunate to be able to have so many amazing trips like this, props to grad school and the nomadic periods of my life I guess. Instead of writing a boring trip report though, I think a simple list of intriguing numbers, a la Sports Illustrated, will be an entertaining way to recap my journey:
4700: Miles driven
109: Highest Temperature recorded while I was in OK
106: High Temperature the day I returned to Tempe
-57: Net Indian Casino winnings
32: Lowest temperature experienced (there was ice on the picnic tables in camp one morning)
32: Total Days
11: Days doing field work
4: Days playing ultimate
4: Days hiking
8: Days on the road
31: Total Nights
14: in a tent
2: in my car
4: on the floor
2: on a sleeper sofa
5: in a hotel bed
4: in my own bed
29.4: Average mpg for the whole trip
19: Total number of 14ers I've climbed, after climbing Bierstadt and Evans on this trip
13: Games of ultimate played
10: States visited (AZ, UT, ID, WY, MT, CO, KS, OK, TX, NM, in that order)
6: National Park Service Units Visited (Cedar Breaks, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Fossil Butte, Rocky Mountain, Petrified Forest)
2.3: days/shower ratio
8: days/shower ratio while in Yellowstone
3: Bear sightings
2: Wolf sightings
1: Pairs of boxers worn for the 2 weeks in Yellowstone
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