CANADA!! After many tribulations I finally made it to my temporary home and non-native land. The drive was long, but I enjoyed myself and everything went smoothly. Rather than write a drawn-out entry about the trip, you can browse this list of trip statistics:
I'm heading up to Whistler this afternoon so wish me luck!!
- Total Distance Driven: 1567 miles
- Cost of Gas: $229.36
- Days on the road: 3
- Nights spent in the car: 2
- Number of backtracks: 1
- Number of roadkill deer in Wyoming: 26
- Strangest roadkill seen: porcupine
- Coolest animal seen: a small fuzzy owl
- Stretches of river I would have love to have stopped and fished: 9
- Stretches of river I did stop and fish: 1
- Number of times this was illegal: 1
- Number of fish I caught: 0
- Percent more I believe in karma now than before: 30
- Number of biscuits served at the Mom and Pop cafe in Pateros, Washington at the confluence of the Methow and Columbia rivers : 4
- Amount of gravy on these biscuits: approx 1 liter
- Percent coverage of my ski rack with dead insect remains: 90
- Percent this grosses me out: 30
- Number of creeks crossed named "Damnation creek": 1
- How fun that word is to say: 10 out of 10
- Cost of a hostal in downtown vancouver for 1 night: $25
- Cost to park my car in downtown vancouver for one night: $25
- Clearance height for parking garage: 6' 6"
- Height of my car with a bike on top: 8'
- Difficulty out of ten to shove my bike in the backseat: 8
- Percent of readers wishing that last bullet point had read "Amount of embarrassment I sustained from forgetting I had a bike on the roof ": 95
I'm heading up to Whistler this afternoon so wish me luck!!
1 comment:
I'd be most interested in hearing about why your belief in karma is up 30%. And you've inspired me to return to my blogging. Go you! I'll read yours if you read mine? lol
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