Saturday, August 27, 2005

Day Eighteen - Home Sweet Home

After riding 650 miles through the Arizona, Nevada and Utah desert, I have finally made it home safe. Hurrah! My eye was still a little swolen today but at least I was able to see out of it. It was still bad enough that I scared the hell out of everyone that I came within 10 feet of. There was one cashier who appeared so disturbed by it that she wouldn't look me in the face the whole time that she was ringing me up.

The trip rang in at a total of 5325 miles. I travelled through 9 states (Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada), passed through, camped in or hiked in 7 National Parks (Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Glacier, North Cascades, Olympic, Redwood, Joshua Tree) and 3 National Recreation Areas (Ross Lake, Golden Gate, Santa Monica Mountains).

I think that the highlights of the trip were:
1. Hiking and camping with Chris and Sean in Glacier National Park.
2. Riding through and hiking in Olympic National Park.
3. Riding the Oregon Coast.
4. Hiking in Redwood National Park.
5. Having 2 1/2 weeks of riding, camping and hiking to clear my head.

1 comment:

B.G. Christensen said...

welcome home!