A Car, A Camera, and A Country

Monday, October 15, 2012

171 Days

23,226.7 Miles On My Car + 1360 Miles On Rental Car = 24,586.7 Total Miles Driven

603.7 Miles On 8 Ferry Rides

25,190.4 Miles Documented

Undocumented Several Hundred Miles Of Hiking

$5165.03 Gas + $25.14 Foreign Transaction Fees For Gas Purchases

83,131 Pictures

361 Videos

22 States

2 Boat Sight Seeing Tours

1 Airplane Flight Seeing/Glacier Landing

27 Hotel Stays

12 Laundry Days

2 Haircuts

2 Oil Changes (Should Have Done More)

1 Car Accident

$1467.11 Car Repairs (General - $846.01, $500.00 Deductible, $72.94 Rental Car, 2 Flat Tires ($28.55+$19.61))

1 Speeding Ticket $179.94

1 Camera Repair $107.31

$10161.13 Miscellaneous Travel Expenses (Food, Ferry Fees, Tour Costs, Lodging, Camping Fees, Supplies, Gifts, Etc.)

Seeing a whole lot of the awesome country you live in, and meeting it's wonderful people... priceless.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Day 171 - Finished Driving Home Without Sleep, Trip Concluded

Day 170 - Hiked Up Stone Mountain, Explored The Top, Hiked Down, Confederate Hall Films and Environment Education Center, Covered Bridge, Grist Mill, Quarry Exhibit, Antebellum Plantation and Farmyard, Summit Skyride, Yogi Bear 4-D Adventure, Scenic Railroad, Ate Chicken Fingers From the Marketplace, Lasershow Spectacular in Mountainvision with Labor Day Add-on, Drove Home

Day 170 - Hiked Up Stone Mountain, Explored The Top, Hiked Down, Confederate Hall Films and Environment Education Center, Covered Bridge, Grist Mill, Quarry Exhibit, Antebellum Plantation and Farmyard, Summit Skyride, Yogi Bear 4-D Adventure, Scenic Railroad, Ate Chicken Fingers From the Marketplace, Lasershow Spectacular in Mountainvision with Labor Day Add-on, Drove Home

Day 169 - Cravens House, Incline Railway, Point Park, Hike to Sunset Rock, Incline Railway Back Down, Rock City Gardens, Drove to Stone Mountain, Slept at Walmart

Day 168 - Centennial Park, Parthenon, Drive to Chattanooga, Ruby Falls, Cravens House, Point Park, Slept at Comfort Inn in Chattanooga

Day 167 - Super Museum/Metropolis, Grand Ole Opry Tour, Centennial Park, Slept at Walmart in Nashville

Day 166 - St. Louis Old Courthouse, Gateway Arch, Night Time City Scape, Slept at Rend Lake Rest Stop

Day 165 - Flat Tire, Slept at Walmart in Cedar Rapids

Day 164 - Church With Friends, Visit With Their Parents/Inlaws

Day 163 - Minnesota State Fair With Friends

Day 162 - Continuing Visit With Friends, Stayed Over Night With Their Relatives in the Twin Cities

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Day 161 - Continuing Visit With Friends, Went to Barbeque/Fire Truck Supplied Water Night

Day 160 - Visiting Friends In Minnesota, Laundry Day #11, Haircut #2, Barbeque

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Day 159 - Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Watched Bison Herd Wake Up at Painted Canyon Visitor Center, Drove Southern Unit Loop - Feral Horses, Buck Hill, Drove to Litchfield, MN to Start Visit With Friends

Day 159 - Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Watched Bison Herd Wake Up at Painted Canyon Visitor Center, Drove Southern Unit Loop - Feral Horses, Buck Hill, Drove to Litchfield, MN to Start Visit With Friends

Day 158 - Deadwood - Walk Around Downtown, Check Out A Few Casinos, Adams Museum, Mt Moriah Cemetary, Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Painted Canyon Visitor Center, Maltese Cross Cabin, Petrified Forest North Trail, Wind Canyon Trail, Slept at Painted Canyon Visitor Center/Rest Area

Day 158 - Deadwood - Walk Around Downtown, Check Out A Few Casinos, Adams Museum, Mt Moriah Cemetary, Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Painted Canyon Visitor Center, Maltese Cross Cabin, Petrified Forest North Trail, Wind Canyon Trail, Slept at Painted Canyon Visitor Center/Rest Area