These are all estimates for Part 1 of the road-trip, numbers for Part 2 will be available soon. Click on Wordle picture for full size.
General Itinerary
6 months of traveling (April – September)
142 actual days on the road
13,600 miles
300+ hours driving
31 states
125 days on the US mainland
14 days in Canada
1 day in Mexico
18 days in Hawaii
20 days out of North America / USA
13,700 ft highest elevation (Mauna Kea, HI)
115 degrees highest temperature (Oklahoma-Texas)
Car expenses
5 breakdowns (1 coolant system, 1 fuel pump shutoff, 2 tire, 1 out of gas)
1 fender-bender (minor, New Orleans)
Dozens of times resting the car because of overheating
3700$ of car, registration, insurance and repairs
3700$ of gas
1000 gallons of gas
People and sites
12s of people with recorded conversations (audio, video or writing)
43 email and / or contacts
68 encounters with girls my age
2 fruitful encounters with girls
1 night spent at a stranger’s house
11 national parks and national monuments
3 types of natural disaster (tornado, flooding, wildfire)
1 outdoor fire
18 museums and visits
Law enforcement
8 encounters with police
4 times woken up by a police officer
2 dismissed speeding tickets (Texas and South Dakota)
1 parking fine (Des Moines, $15)
1 heated argument
Media work
8000 pictures
121 blog pictures
1000 video clips
500 gigabytes of pictures and footage
16 interviews
88 Word pages of notes
23 edited video chapters
15 sketches and drawings
3 notebooks
4 books read
Sleep and hygiene
100 nights spent in the car
32 nights spent at friends’ or family homes (Toronto, Athens, GA, Las Cruces, NM, Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Honolulu, HI)
22 nights spent in a bed or couch-bed (instead of an undersized couch or floor)
5 nights at hotels (Las Vegas, NV, Tijuana, Buffalo, WY)
0 sleeping bag
0 blanket
2 pillows
2 towels
1 sheet
18 real showers (homes and camping, on-road only)
4 lake and river wash-offs
16 rinse-offs at rest stops and other
6 trips to the laundry (eeew!)
Food and daily life (these only include on-road diet)
50 coffees (stopped drinking coffee for a while)
50 burgers
10 hot-dogs
10 buffets
25 cans of ravioli
15 cans of vegetables
8 cooking rice and beans
50 cans of food
2 propane canisters
36 beers
22 whiskies
0 ‘major’ fast-food chains (McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, KFC, etc)
5 semi-major fast-food chains, with caveat that they were first-timers (1 White Castle, 1 Captain of sea)
6 groceries at Walmart
Neat graphic.
You had 1 can of vegetables every 10 days.
I love the documentary idea and the way you were able to keep track of your numbers. Glad you were able to do this trip and have such great things to share about it. Will be reading more of your blog in the future!
Thanks! Planning another trip so there should be a few more stories and miles up ahead!
Thanks for the follow! Without it i may never have come to see this fun facts page. Very clever idea and it proves you’re more adventurous than me! Keep it up and enjoy.
Cool, thanks! will do my best to keep it up!
Thanks for the follow – without it I probably wouldn’t have seen this facts page. Very clever/funny idea and it proves you’re more adventurous than me. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for following. Ambitious project and you’ve done it. How did you ever make it without visiting the major fast-food chains?
It wasn’t always easy. There were times when I was parched and went the extra mile(s) to end up at a… Target. so it’s not a perfect world, but I tried!
Law enforcement_ 1 heated argument. Do tell.
Here’s the story thanks for your support!
This is fantastic all around! Is captain of the sea the same thing as cpt d’s? I would walk the sahara for cpt d’s chocolate cake. Congrats on this grand adventure.
Thanks! Not sure about captain d’s but sounds like it’s something!
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