Better late than never, we have closed out the first month of the trip! Keeping track of a few key statistics each month, here is where we ended up as of March 31st:
Miles Driven: 2,702 miles
Days on the Trip: 18 (not counting our brief sojourn to Florida)
States Visited: 2 – California and Nevada
National Parks Visited: 2 (Joshua Tree and Death Valley) – this won’t include national forests, national monuments, or other similarly designated areas. Just the Parks with a capital P.
Campsites: 6
Miles Hiked: 26.7
Hikes Completed: 7
Visitors: 4 – Mama and Papa Swig and the van de Leuv’s!
S’mores Consumed (by Jackie & Ryan): 10
Fish Caught: 2 (by Ryan) – two Brown Trout in the Eastern Sierras!
“Weather Days”: 1 – a huge dust storm in Death Valley
Books Read: 1.5 (by Jackie): What I Know For Sure by Oprah, and half of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Flies Tied: 0 – @swigflies is a little behind on production this month, with much of our time distracted by visitors! 😉
Looking forward to April which will bring warm days, some huge hikes in the Grand Canyon and southern Utah, and hopefully lots of fishing!
BY Jackie
BLOGGED FROM Saguaro National Park, Arizona
