Dawson City Roadtrip by the Numbers
Posted on July 23, 2008
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I’ve been back from vacation for a few days now, and I’m starting to sort through the photos and compile my thoughts. There will be a fuller blog post coming in the near future. In the meantime, here’s a brief rundown of some “statistics” about the trip.
- 5,531.9 - Total kilometres driven from the moment we left my house until the moment I returned home.
- 2 - Number of Sourtoe Cocktails Sara and I drank (each).
- 10 - Number of campfires Sara started.
- 1 - Number of campfires I started.
- 0 - Number of campfires I started without a guy from another campsite giving me a “starter” flame.
- 4 - Number of moose spotted while driving.
- 2 - Number of bears spotted while driving.
- 12 - Approximate number of deer spotted while driving.
- 8 - Approximate number of caribou spotted while driving.
- 12 - Approximate number of elk spotted while driving.
- 1 - Herd of wood bison seen on the side of the road in northern BC.
- 3 - Number of foxes seen.
- 2 - Number of ground squirrels I accidentally ran over on the highway.
- 1 - Number of run-over ground squirrels that survived.
- 100s - Number of ravens (and crows) seen flying around and making retarded raven-noises.
- 2 - Number of different hot springs we dipped into.
- 922 - Average number of kilometres traveled each day (not including the days we spent in Dawson City).
- 1.750 - Highest price paid for gas (in dollars per litre).
- 1 - Number of signs we left at the Signpost Forest in Watson Lake, YT.
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You’re the only one who I know who counts like this on vacation! What did your sign say?
PS you have an invite on facebook to Heritage Festival by me…..i can’t go the rest of the weekend as I have a wedding to attend, and a boyfriend to keep happy.