Trip By The Numbers:
3596 – miles
66 – days
66 – days wearing Teva sandals
51 – bike days
71 – miles per day
3 – flats
4 – additional flats while trying to repair flats
15 – rest days
10 – CouchSurfing hosts
2 – WarmShowers hosts
1 – Ohio family
3 – friend hosts
2 – friend of a friend hosts
4 – out of the blue hosts
395 – dollars spent
6 – dollars per day
1 – sprained wrist
9,658 – elevation of Togwotee Pass, WY (highest point on the trip)
120 – heat index of Perry, KS (hottest point on trip)
44 – mph leaving Daniel Boone Nat. Forest, KY (fastest point on trip)
several – licorice shots and Blue Moon pitchers in Concordia, KS (most hungover point on trip)
1 – taillight lost
1 – clown horn cracked
1 – baby turtle roadkill
12 – states
10 – miles in Montana
1 – Conan movie
0 – Arnold Schwarzenegger appearances
6 – Teva strap tan lines
6 – biscuits with gravy
25 – lbs of peanut butter
100 – bananas
10,000 – scraggly beard hairs
10,000,000,000,000,000 – acts of kindness received
100,000,000,000,000,000 – future acts of kindness to give
Association for Frontotemporal Dementia
Posted by Jen Zuckerman on October 6, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Congrats on an amazing accomplishment!
Posted by bcline909 on October 6, 2011 at 5:51 pm
thanks Jen – it was definitely an adventure, and absolutely glad I did it!
Posted by kklasd on October 7, 2011 at 12:21 am
I admire you, BCline. What an amazing trip. Bike trip round two to Boston?
Miss you, friend!
Posted by bcline909 on October 7, 2011 at 3:23 pm
if Bike trip round 2 = Sexy oboe-o-gram round 2, I’m game
Posted by Katherine on October 7, 2011 at 3:51 pm
“clown horn” = patriotic horn. come on.