ROAD TRIP ROUNDUP

 

Well, we made it safely back to Colorado. The trip took us from 15/7/2019 – 22/8/2019.  5 weeks of cruising around the US and a bit of Canada. If you want to read the daily, go to the top of the page and click on the “daily blog post”. 

 

Here’s a short summary of some of the facts of the trip:

• 10, 188 miles driven
• 46 tanks/fill ups of petro
• $846.80 spent on petro
• Average MPG 37.3
• 1 oil change
• 5 national monuments visited
  • Chimney Rock
  • Canyon of the Ancients
  • Hovenweep
  • Vermillion
  • Balast Point
• 11 national parks visited
  • Great Sand Dunes
  • Mesa Verde
  • Zion
  • Sequoia
  • Kings Canyon
  • Crater Lake
  • Glacier
  • Yellowstone
  • Badlands
  • Niagara Falls
  • The National Mall (Smithsonian museums and more that are maintained by the NPS)
• 11 Friends and family (groups) visited 

 

And so many memories. It was great to spend hours with Laura. We had many conversations and listened to every podcast ever made and well as almost every song every recorded. 

 

I WILL BE TAKING A BREAK FOR 2 MONTHS WHILE WE TAKING A WEEK LONG SPANISH IMMERSION CLASS IN SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN, HIKE THE CAMINO DEL NOTRE , AND POSSIBLY VISIT MOROCCO IF WE HAVE TIME. I WILL NOT HAVE MY GOOD CAMERA NOR A LAPTOP, SO EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL I GET BACK TO COLORADO OR SANTIAGO, CHILE.