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| Anna, Thomas & Peter on our day of departure |
The following are some of the highlights:
12,980 – miles travelled
200 – approximate hours spend in the truck cab
40 – approximate number of friends visited on the trip
0 – number of flat tires on the truck
1 – number of black bears run over at 70 mph in the dead of night
998 – approximate number of gallons of diesel fuel consumed
15.9 – best miles per gallon (achieved heading east)
7 – worst miles per gallon (heading west and up a steep grade)
15,145 – number of hits on our blog
The Spot Messenger Data Feed was probably the most appreciated part of the blog. People appeared to genuinely be interested in knowing where we were at all times.
Between the three of us we posted 53 blogs. We were not happy with blogspot.com as it was not conducive to comments and in many ways we found it rather cumbersome to work with. Having said that, I found the blogging experience to be a gratifying and learning experience, and am seriously considering continuing a personal blog, but on a much stronger platform than blogspot.com.
Looking back over the blogs we posted I am finding it difficult to summarize the experience for the three of us, suffice to say it was an unusual opportunity for a father to reconnect with two of his children, a privilege to experience the grandeur of the United States and Canada, and last but not least, the reconnecting with family and friends.
Our thanks to all of you for "traveling with us" on this odyssey. You made it more pleasurable for us, knowing that we had friends and family staying in touch with us through this medium.
Goodbye and God-speed until the next trip!
12,980 – miles travelled
200 – approximate hours spend in the truck cab
40 – approximate number of friends visited on the trip
0 – number of flat tires on the truck
1 – number of black bears run over at 70 mph in the dead of night
998 – approximate number of gallons of diesel fuel consumed
15.9 – best miles per gallon (achieved heading east)
7 – worst miles per gallon (heading west and up a steep grade)
15,145 – number of hits on our blog
The Spot Messenger Data Feed was probably the most appreciated part of the blog. People appeared to genuinely be interested in knowing where we were at all times.
Between the three of us we posted 53 blogs. We were not happy with blogspot.com as it was not conducive to comments and in many ways we found it rather cumbersome to work with. Having said that, I found the blogging experience to be a gratifying and learning experience, and am seriously considering continuing a personal blog, but on a much stronger platform than blogspot.com.
Looking back over the blogs we posted I am finding it difficult to summarize the experience for the three of us, suffice to say it was an unusual opportunity for a father to reconnect with two of his children, a privilege to experience the grandeur of the United States and Canada, and last but not least, the reconnecting with family and friends.
Our thanks to all of you for "traveling with us" on this odyssey. You made it more pleasurable for us, knowing that we had friends and family staying in touch with us through this medium.
Goodbye and God-speed until the next trip!
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