#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.
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!
