No pictures for this post.  Let your imagination draw them instead when you look at these numbers.  Left-brained, engineering type of person that I am I always enjoy looking at things from a sheer numbers perspective.

• Days on the trail: 73
• Days from start to end: 97 (We took a month off for elbow recuperation)
• Rest days: 9 (Includes two sick days in Del Norte)
• Miles covered: 3,136
• Average daily mileage: 46.1  (37.5 before mid-summer break and 52.0 after)
• Longest mileage in a day: 87.2
• Shortest mileage in a day: 2.59 (Across town in Del Norte when I got sick)
• Total elevation gain: 271,742ft (Equivalent to climbing from sea level to the summit of Mt. Everest more than nine times!)
• Maximum elevation gain in a day: 7,140ft (A little less than 1.5 miles)
• Highest Elevation: 11,984ft
• Minimum Elevation:  2,470ft
• Average Elevation: ~7,000ft
• Nights in a tent: 55
• Weight of Chuck’s trailer without food or water: 75lbs (Trailer weighs 17lbs empty)
• Maximum speed: 50.1mph (with trailer attached)
• Number of flats: ~20  (We lost count)
• Number of tires: 6 (Chuck 2 and Willy 4)
• Bent cassettes: 1
• Broken frames: 1
• Replaced chains: 1 on each bike
• Worn out brake pads: 1 pair (Chuck’s rear wheel)
• Punctures/Holes in inflatable sleeping mats: 3
• Trips to the ER: 1 in Salida, CO for Willy’s elbow
• Bears sighted: 4 (Two black and two grizzly)
• Pounds lost: 18 (Chuck)
• Number of other GDMBR riders met: 22 (13 throughbikers)
• Number of TransAm riders met: 4
• GB of pictures: 11GB (Switched from D200 to a point and shoot after five days)
• Pounds of Twizzler’s consumed: 14+
• Pounds of Peanut M&Ms consumed: 12+

I kept all kinds of data on the trip so if there are other stats or numbers anyone thinks would be interesting to see let me know and I’ll see if I can post them.