#RunningTo Stats: By the Numbers

Last week my nine-month road trip finally crossed the finish line in Charlotte. It’s been an interesting week, to say the least — a unique week of an unsettling settling. I’m certain I’ll have more to blog about as this altogether new journey in the Queen City unfolds, but in the meantime I want to immortalize my now completed road trip.

Each week for the next few weeks, I’ll be posting a #RunningTo memorial. A chance to reflect upon the last nine months. This week, I look at my journey’s cold hard stats: the miles and the states and the gallons upon gallons of coffee.

It was fun compiling my #RunningTo résumé. I’m proud of these stats, because they translate something so much deeper: the feelings, the people, the moments.

Thanks to those of you who contributed a stop, a state, and a coffee. You made this whole impossible thing possible.

#RunningTo STATS: By the Numbers

TOTAL DAYS ON THE ROAD: 282

TOTAL MILES DRIVEN: 26,301

AVERAGE MILES DRIVEN PER DAY: 93

LONGEST DRIVE IN ONE DAY: 815 miles;14 hours (Tempe, AZ to Colorado Springs, CO via Gallup, NM)

TOTAL STATES VISITED: 48 (plus a District)

TOTAL PROVINCES VISITED: 6

MOST STATES HIT IN ONE DAY: 6 (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania two days before Thanksgiving)

SEPARATE HOSTS/STOPS: 112

NIGHTS OF CAMPOUTS: 6

NIGHTS SLEPT IN MY CAR: 13

NATIONAL PARKS VISITED: 8 (Grand Canyon, Zion, Yellowstone, Mount Rainier, Crater Lake, Badlands, Acadia, Great Smoky Mountains)

FURTHEST NORTH WANDERED: Edmonton, Alberta

FURTHEST SOUTH WANDERED: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

FURTHEST WEST WANDERED: Ocean Shores, Washington

FURTHEST EAST WANDERED: Acadia National Park, Maine

KICKSTARTER BACKERS: 42

KICKSTARTER FUNDS RAISED: $2551

TOTAL COFFEES CONSUMED: 459

All in all, this road trip was the ride of my life. I still can’t believe it’s over. But those are just the mere numbers of #RunningTo. Stay tuned in the weeks to come for more “greatest hits” look-backs. Still so very much to cherish from the wandering whirl that was.

Do you see yourself anywhere in these stats? Let’s share and remember some stories from my road trip!

4 Comments
JK Riki 17 March 2015
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The closest I have to a personal memory is when I read about your stop with Adam Stuck and then found the blog here! 🙂

Forgive me if somewhere you answered this before, but what was your favorite state you visited? Just curious!

Rebecka 16 March 2015
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I honestly expected you to have had more coffee…