Day Twelve - HOME!
Trip Start
Jul 18, 2008
1
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Trip End
Jul 29, 2008
Katy, Texas
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Here is our reflection of the trip:
3790 miles
48 license plates found (missing New Hamshire and Connecticut)
12 days
10 Hiked Miles
8 states
6 Hotels
4 Golf balls in the corn
3 State Parks
3 National Parks
2 time zones
2 cases of chiggers
2 cracks in the windshield
1 case of food poisioning
1 Hail Storm
1 Ghost Hunt - 0 Ghost found
Areas we drove through:
CORN, CORN, CORN
HAY, HAY, HAY
Wind farms
Mountains
Plains
Volcano field
The middle of nowhere
The edge of somewhere
Official Caution Signs of Interest:
Big Foot Crossing (really!)
Elk, Cow, Buffalo, Deer, Moose
Falling Rock
Steep Grade
Hot Brakes Fail (seen on Pikes Peak at about 13,000 feet! They actually check the temp of your brakes at at check point before letting you descend any further)
Animals:
Goats, llamas, buffalo, cow, prong horn, horse, mule deer, coyote, elk, mormot, chipmunk, praire dogs
