- 7,671.6 Miles driven in total
- 2,011 Photos taken with the camera (add in another 300 or so across four iPhones)
- 642 Miles: longest travel day (Midwest City, OK to Fort Smith, AR, to Beale Street in Memphis, to Dickson, TN)
- 151 Hours, 11 minutes, 54 seconds of total time in the car
- 102 Miles walked/hiked
- 80 Miles: shortest travel day
- 49 License plates (surprisingly we found a Hawaii but never did find the elusive Alaska plate)
- 27 Days
- 25 Roller coasters (plus one Alpine Coaster and one Alpine Flyer)
- 25 Clothing souvenirs purchased
- 23 States
- 20 Junior Ranger badges earned
- 19 Gas station stops (some less populated than others)
- 18 Different beds
- 16 Christmas ornaments purchased
- 13 Apples picked fresh in the orchards of Capitol Reef National Park
- 12 National Parks
- 11 Books read/listened to
- 11 Bears
- 9 Roadside attractions
- 8 Free hotel breakfasts (5 skips of the free hotel breakfast because we were sick of free hotel breakfasts)
- 6 National Historic Places
- 6 McDonald’s meals (we tried to avoid them, but man they come in handy when you roll into a sparsely populated town at 9pm without having eaten)
- 6 Time zone changes
- 5 Lost items: camera charger/battery left in Utah hotel room, bracelet left on Capitol Reef welcome sign, pair of Keens left in Shenandoah parking lot, koosh ball down a street drain in South Dakota
- 4 Bison traffic jams
- 4 Escape rooms…so fun!
- 3 Times we told the kids to “just eat some snacks” for a lunch…don’t judge
- 3 Days of body boarding in the Atlantic Ocean
- 3 Bicker Jar contributions (each child contributed once and then never had to again!)
- 2 Great Lakes (Erie and Michigan)
- 2 Rappels
- 2 Days with rain that slightly altered our plans
- 1 number of planned stops that we skipped (Devil’s Tower)
- Countless Wall Drug billboards, silly family inside jokes (this is Nat Soo Pah), and memories we’ll always cherish
Tag: Shore
Day 15: At the shore
We started our day with a bike ride to the point (end of the island) and quickly decided that with the humidity, we needed to head home and get to the beach. Playing at the beach with all of the cousins was definitely a hit. Our girls have learned to boogie board and build ball castles thanks to their Dad, Poppy, and east coast cousins. After many hours at the beach, we all enjoyed a Japanese dinner, mini golf in Margate, and ice cream at Two Cents Plain.
(Click on the first photo of each gallery to see the photos in more detail)
SEA 2 Shore 