Fun 2001 Trip Statistics


Total Distance Driven in the Rover13,523 miles
Total Amount of Gas Used815.8 gallons
Total Money Spent on Rover Gas$1,622

Nights Spent in a Tent65
Most Consective Nights Sleeping in a Tent13
Nights Spent in a Hotel/B&B/RV28
Nights Spent with Friends/Family19

Most Consective Days without a Hot Shower7 (twice) - ugh!
Coldest Full-Emersion Trailside BathDay 3 - Chilkoot Trail, Alaska - Moose Creek, flowing from the glacial-fed Crater Lake... Brrrr!

Favorite Large City Vancouver, BC
Favorite Midsized CityAnchorage, AK
Favorite Small TownNanaimo, BC
Favorite Small CommunityTie - Gustavus, AK and Stehekin, WA
Least Favorite Small TownKimball, NE - fortunately we were only there one night.
Least Favorite Small Community Bamfield, BC
Most Disappointing CityValdez, AK - boring!

Number of Journal Pages (5"x7") Written by Matt475
Number of Journal Pages (5"x7") Written by Julie450
Number of Entries in our Expense Journal
(We tried to record every penny spent)
421
Lowest Recorded Expense$0.25 (Can of "Sam's Best" pop, Portland, OR)
Highest Recorded Expense$606.00 (lighter tent & new boots for Matt, REI Seattle, WA)
Number of Photographs TakenApproximately 900
Number of Rolls of Film Lost1 (pictures of Seattle, Stehekin, and the Enchantments Backcountry)

Number of U.S.-Canada Border Crossings10
Number of Times Through Customs9 (hiked across the border once in a remote location)

Modes of Travel (number of different ones in parens, automobile travel excluded)
  • Airplane (5 flights - 3 float plane, 2 single-engine Piper)
  • Train (1)
  • Bus/Shuttles (9)
  • Boat (16)
    • Fishing Boat - Steelhead Fishing, Columbia R.
    • Seiner - Sturgeon Fishing, Columbia R.
    • Ferry - Anacortes to Sidney
    • Ferry - Nitinat Narrows, WCT
    • Ferry - Gordon River, WCT
    • Zodiac - Whale Watching - Victoria
    • Ferry - Victoria to Port Angeles
    • Ferry - Vancouver to Nanaimo
    • Whale Watching Boat - Telegraph Cove, BC
    • Queen of the North BC Ferry - Port Hardy to Prince Rupert
    • M/V Taku AK Ferry - Prince Rupert to Ketchikan
    • M/V Kennicott AK Ferry - Ketchikan to Skagway
    • Wildlife Watching Boat - Icy Strait
    • kayak - Glacier Bay, AK
    • Ferry - Dawson River Crossing
    • Bruce's Modified River Runner - Resurrection Bay
  • Horseback
  • Hiking (total miles unknown)
  • Cable Car (2)
  • RV (1)


Animals spotted in the wild
  • Grizzly Bear
  • Black Bear
  • Killer Whale
  • Gray Whale
  • Beluga Whale
  • Humpback Whale
  • Harbor Porpoise
  • Dall Porpoise
  • Arctic Ground Squirrel
  • Snowshoe Hare
  • Caribou
  • Elk
  • Sitka Deer
  • Deer (other)
  • Pronghorn
  • Wolf
  • Fox
  • Coyote
  • Moose
  • Dall Sheep
  • Mountain Goat
  • Beaver
  • Porcupine
  • Bald Eagle
  • Golden Eagle
  • Short-Eared Owl
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Western Tananger
  • Tundra Swan
  • Trumpeter Swan
  • Stellar Jay
  • Countless other birds
  • Harbor Seal
  • Stellar Sea Lion
  • Salmon
  • Rainbow Trout
  • Sturgeon
  • Ling Cod
  • Rock Fish
  • Arctic Grayling
  • Musk Ox
  • Big-Horn Sheep
  • Yellow-Bellied Marmot
  • Sea Otter
  • Pika
  • Bison
  • Banana Slug