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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.
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