I’m posting blogs in chronological order, so bear with me as I catch up to the present!
Our 2019 Leave No Trace/Subaru Zero Landfill Initiative Summer Tour was a huge success. We visited the same 3 national parks that are striving toward zero landfill (Grand Teton, Denali & Yosemite). Leave No Trace gives us a lot of autonomy with our scheduling, and it helped that we already laid a good foundation and connections with the appropriate people in the parks last summer. So we repeated the “successful” locations and events from 2018, and broadened our scope to include new opportunities in 2019. We appreciated the mix of events and loved keeping the zero landfill momentum going!
I went back & looked at our 2018 full tour stats and found a few key differences:
*we drove 500 less miles this year, but gas prices were higher
*we did more events
*we slept in a tent fewer nights (employee housing FTW!)
*we had fewer broken windshields
*we took fewer showers, but did laundry the same number of times
*we hiked 4.9 more miles
*we found more money on the ground
*we sent way fewer postcards (sorry Beef, still none for you apparently)
*we played more Monopoly Deal games, but watched fewer Netflix movies
And here are our 2019 summer stats:
103 days on the road
Starting Mileage on Subaru Ascent: 261
Ending Mileage on Subaru Ascent: 12,501
Total Mileage Driven: 12,240
62 Events
2 countries
3 provinces
10 states
5 U.S. National Parks and 3 Canadian National Parks
47 Times Getting Gas
Most expensive gas price in the US: $4.89/gallon (Tioga Pass, CA, outside of Yosemite)
Most expensive gas price overall: $9.30/gallon in British Columbia
2 Oil Changes
0 Broken Windshields (we broke 2 last year!)
0 Flat Tires
0 Speeding Tickets
Nights Camping: 29
Miles Hiked: 160.9
Miles Paddled: 10.5
State High Points Climbed: 1
Fun Wildlife Sightings: 28 Moose, 17 Bear, 4 Bald Eagles, 1 Bobcat, 1 Porcupine
1,092 Photos & Videos Taken
Grocery Store Visits: 15 (8 different stores)
ToGo Containers Diverted: 8
3 In-n-Out Visits
5 Chick-Fil-A Visits
Items Lost: 0
Money Found on the Ground: $1.65
Number of Showers: 31
Loads of Laundry: 10
Postcards Sent: 19
Friend Visits: 4
Family Visits: 6
Audiobooks: 5
Netflix Movies: 13
Netflix TV Shows: 9 seasons / 7 shows
Number of card games: 201 (our choice card game, Monopoly Deal, takes all of 15 minutes for us to play, so we usually play during most meals)
Weight of Personal Trash: 16.7 lbs
Weight of Food Waste for Compost: 13.7 lbs
Recycling: 10.4 lbs
Terracycle: 2.6 lbs
And most importantly … Alaskan cabins purchased: 1
You guys are a wonderful asset to this glorious planet earth! Thank you for all that you do!
So happy about your cabin! What a wonderful summer! And holy $$ that gas in BC!
Hey. What’s terracycle?
Terracycle is a company that allows consumers to recycle hard-to-recycle items, like candy wrappers and toothpaste tubes. Terracycle’s website has all the resources for doing it. Sometimes, it’s a free program sponsored by a brand, other times you have to pay for it. We LOVE Terracycle!!!