Last night was the 34th of the trip, so I thought it would be good to put together a few notes on the trip so far:

Driving:

• Total miles driven: 6900
• Most expensive gas: CDN$1.439 per liter in the Yukon (US$5.74 per gallon)
• Most beautiful drive: Highway 99 between Cache Creek, BC and Whistler, BC
• Most beautiful drive runner-up: Highway 37A into Stewart, BC
• Animals observed along the road: Moose, bison, elk, caribou, marmots, black bears (many, many black bears), deer (or were they more elk?), big-horned sheep, and mountain goats
• Number of major chips in Sam’s windshield: 2 (grrr…)

Lodging:

• Nights spent in hotels and AirBnB: 17
• Nights spent camping: 10
• Nights spent in hostels: 7
• Cheapest hotel: Bayview Hotel in Stewart, BC ($55/night)

Hockey:

• Times skated: 5
• Time skates sharpened: 2
• Save percentage: Bad?

Food:

• Cinnamon rolls sampled: 10
• Cinnamon rolls that were so bad I couldn’t finish them: 2
• Most expensive grocery-store medium banana: CDN$0.55 (at a little store about halfway between Watson Lake, YT and Stewart, BC)
• Times eaten fast food: 2 (Once at Taco Bell for the sake of getting hot sauce packets, and once at McDonalds [just a large fries] for the sake of using their internet)
• Cups of coffee consumed: Excluding the time in Denali, probably at least a few a day
• Worst coffee: the gas station at the intersection of the Cassiar Highway and the Alaska Highway in the Yukon.  (At least it was free!)
• Worst chain coffee: Tim Hortons.  Why is it so popular? The coffee is bad, the donuts are bad, the atmosphere is cheap.  What’s the appeal?

Money:

• Amount over budget: Surprisingly, I’m about on budget, owing mostly to my use of hostels and infrequent meals at restaurants
• Amount earned from the trip: $0.  I’d love to change this; maybe I should commit to writing an ebook and put a pre-sale link up?  I have a bunch of content that I haven’t bothered to write up on the ol’ blog…