Thursday, October 2, 2008

The Journey is the Destination

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:
  • 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 would like to extend a thank you to the taxpayers of the USA for providing rest stops, the First Methodist Church in Pateros for letting me sleep in their parking lot, Grandma and Grandpa for $20, and my parents for everything else.

I'm heading up to Whistler this afternoon so wish me luck!!

1 comment:

The 'Toid said...

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