Here are some crazy stats that have come from the walk and some personal observations that have stuck with me as I made my way across the USA – not in any particular order.
3 things I do NOT care to ever see again: gravel, dump trucks & road kill!
- Highest price paid for gas: $4.39 in Nevada
- Lowest price paid for gas: $1.87 in New Jersey
- State with best roads walked: Nevada
- State with worst roads walked: Tie – California & Illinois
- Best breakfast: Hotel Nevada in Ely, Nevada
- Strangest sight: Maybell Colorado International Dog Show
- Strangest sight #2: Mini church rest area in rural Iowa
- Favorite big city: Brooklyn, NY
- Favorite mid-size city: Carson City, Nevada
- Favorite small cities: Tie – Hastings, NE & Fallon, NV
- Favorite town: Delta, Utah
- Favorite scenery walked through: Desert
- My highest weight: 234 lbs
- My lowest weight: 179 lbs
- Miles walked: 3,206.75
- Number of miles not walked on route: 2.9 (avalanche area in California)
- Number of miles walked in error: 4.5
- Number of times lost on walk: 0 (several times, always on purpose, I took another more scenic route 😉
- Feet walked: 16,931,640
- Inches walked: 203,179,680
- Number of 30″ steps: 6,772,656
- Number of steps per foot: 3,386,328
- Number of 7″ Nathan’s Hot Dogs walked (placed end to end without bun): 29,025,668
- Valda’s favorite state to drive in: Tie – Nevada or Colorado
- Valda’s least favorite state to drive in: Pennsylvania
- Number of miles Valda put on RV during walk: 13,479
- Weather days:
- Rain: 15
- Snow: 1
- Wind: 1
- Total days walked: 176.75
- Total days off: 38.25
- Miles per day: 15 (all 215 days)
- Miles per day: 18 (of actual 176 days walked)
- Hours walked: 1,069 (based on 3 mph)
- Number of days I walked 20 miles or more: 72
- Most consecutive 20-mile days: 9
- Highest mileage day: 22.25
- Shoe mileage:
- Pair #1: 639.75
- Pair #2: 615.25
- Pair #3: 480
- Pair #4: 476.25
- Pair #5: 411
- Pair #6: 584.5
- Most exhilarating moment: seeing the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island, NY!
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