Our travels from December 11, 1999 to May 1, 2012 totaled 4,525 days
and 502,201 statute miles.

211,975...... Commercial airlines
105,002.....  Gypsy Wagon One (retired)
  47,900 ......Gypsy Wagon Four (Don’s Land Cruiser)
  30,172...... Gypsy Wagon Two (retired)
  22,300.......Gypsy Wagon Three (retired) 
  17,150 ......Other private vehicles
  12,856.......Cruise Ships
  11,900 ......Gypsy Wagon Five (Becky’s Miata)   
  10,007.......Our Sailboat-home PIONEER   
    7,269.......Buses
    6,700. ......Rental cars  
    3,780.......Walking
    3,472........Rental Trucks 
    3,410........Trains  
    1,332........Taxis
    1,222........Mini-busses & Tuk Tuks
    1,116........Motorcycles (self drive)  
       663........Powerboats (local/ferries/tour)
       610........Charter aircraft
       603........Powerboats (super fast)   
       447........Motorized Dinghy (“Scout”)
       382........Mekong style river boats
       352........Skiing
       295........Other sailboats
       246........Small Private airplanes
       200........Bicycles
       156........Powerboats (passenger/slow)
       150........Ships (large transports)
        72.........River raft
        70.........Trekking on Nepal’s Annapurna Circuit (Becky)
        65.........Ski Run Lift
        61.........Motorcycles driven by others
        40.........Limousine
        32.........Subways
        28.........Rickshaw (motorized)
        23.....  ..Parade floats
        22.........Towed (our boat by another)
        20.........Ski run chair lift
        19.........4-Wheeler
        18.........Airport moving walkways
        11.........Cruise ship tender
        10.........Two-wheeled push scooter      
        10 ........Airport shuttle to plane on ramp
          9.........Trolly (New Orleans)
          8.........Elephant
          8.........1925 Chevrolet convertible (last miles before it broke)
          8.........Rickshaw (peddled)
          7.........Electric scooter  
          6.........Water taxi        
          6.........Swimming
          6.........Kayak         
          4.........Farm tractor    
          3.........Don on a walker, after surgery (aggh)
          3.........Aerial Tram (Maderia, Canary Islands and Santorini, Greece)        
          2.........Go cart1.........Mekong ferry
          1.........Rowboat
          1.........Inflatable sailing dingy (didn’t really sail that well)
          1.........Wooden Toboggan (Maderia Canary Islands)
       
Since December 1999, average miles per day: 111

Too bad Don’s miles at the controls of a B-52 Bomber, and F-18 and F-15 fighter jets were before this adventure began. We’d love to include them here, especially the one above the speed of sound.

Now in its thirteenth year, this 175 MB, 193 page web site features thousands of photos and graphics throughout the 86 trip logs, 1,000 photos, a video gallery, Q&A’s covering 12 years, and 18 essays.

We have made innumerable new friends through this site. An impressive number of people have helped us assist other people who, through no fault of their own, struggle against difficult circumstances in the world’s nooks and crannies.