Addendum

Our Trip: By the Numbers (and other nonsense)

Ending odometer reading: 9,189.9 miles

Miles Driven: 9,189

States Visited/Travelled through: 15, with Nebraska and Iowa being surrounded, but never entered.

Federally Protected Areas Visited:

- 11 National Parks (there are 58 total in the U.S.)

- 3 National Monuments

 - 1 National Battlefield

- 2 Navajo Tribal Parks/Monuments (protected by the Navajo Nation, not the Federal government)

- An uncountable number of National Forests (they are everywhere and you are always going in and out of them.  Impossible to count).

Miles Hiked: 108-ish

Miles Biked: 65, done on 6 different trails, some of which was walked when Amy blew a tire

Miles Kayaked: 4, all into the wind, 2 in driving rain

Miles Horsed: 6 very long, slow, dusty miles

 Major Injuries: 0 (thankfully)

Minor Injuries: 3 each. 

- For Amy, a rash in Yellowstone on her ankles, a rash in Teton on her leg, and a rash in Moab on her arms and legs.

- For me, a banged knee in Yellowstone (fell off bike – from a standstill), a scraped calf in Grand Canyon (stepping over a wall), and a cut ankle in Oklahoma (cooler door closed on my leg in a gas station).

Nights Camping:  17, at 5 campsites

Nights in Hotel: 9, in 6 hotels

Nights with family/friends: 3, in 2 homes

Nights in Cabin: 1

Days with Rain: 19

Oil Changes: 2

Major Car Repairs: 1

Flat Tires: 1 (on Amy's bike)

Favorite Place: Amy – Grand Teton NP, Chris – Zion NP

Favorite Hike: Lake Solitude, Grand Teton NP (both)

Biggest Rush: Amy – Angel’s Landing at Zion NP, Chris – Big Kahuna on the Snake River

Best Meal: Amy - Buck’s in Moab, Chirs – BB’s in Kansas City

Least Favorite Place: Our first campsite in Moab

Best Road Trip Music: Amy – Dave Matthews Band, Chris – Buckwheat Zydeco

Favorite Guilty Pleasure: Amy – Drumsticks, Chris – Clean Showers (soda a close second)

Place we have to get back to: The Narrows at Zion NP

Best Biking: George P. Mickleson Trail, Black Hills, SD

Best Drive: Route 212 (aka Beartooth Pass) from Billings, MT to Yellowstone NP

2^nd Best Drive: Route 128 heading out of Moab along the Colorado River

Worst Drive: St. Louis to Milwaukee – there is nothing to see

Next Big Trip: ???