Saturday, December 5, 2009

A Few Fun Facts

So I thought I would include a few fun facts about today's journey. We drove from Grand Junction, Colorado to Topeka, Kansas. What a long, boring drive!

By the numbers:

4: Bathroom breaks (not including lunch and dinner)
4: Number of times Jackson sang "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (down from yesterday)
5: Number of tunnels we went through
9: The lowest temperature we encountered today
42: The high temp of the day
7: Frozen waterfalls (not counting the springs coming out of the rock)
12: Number of signs warning about deer
5: Total number of deer we saw
0: Total number of deer we saw within range of the signs
5: Number of ski resorts we saw from the road
1: Number of half pipes we saw (Copper Mountain ski resort- very cool to watch)
5: Number of ice fisherman
792: Number of miles we drove
13: Number of hours driving (including stops)

Coolest thing we saw:
Bronco Stadium

Strangest Named thing we passed:
Republican River (in Colorado)

Funny questions Jackson asked:
Are we almost to Lehi?

Are we in South America?

Are we in the United Steaks?

Things we learned from Jackson:
Penguins live on the frozen Colorado River (that's why it IS frozen!)

Funniest Conversation:
Gabe: Why didn't you say Hollywood? That's where all the babes are!
Jackson: What are babes?


2 comments:

4cutegirls@blogspot.com said...

We are going to miss you guys so much!! You will always hold a very special place in our hearts. Best of luck in your JOURNEY!!

The Modern Daisy said...

Haha sounds like quite the trip so far! I hope things are still going well and I'm glad you were able to miss the storm in Colorado. We miss you guys already and glad your keeping us posted along the way!