Here are some of the statics:
- Total Days On the Road: 13 (only 5 vacations days from work required!)
- Total Trip Mileage: 4,962 (shortest of the trips I have done)
- Average Miles Per Day: 414
- Total Mileage on the bike: 88,000
- It is a model year 2006 that I purchased in 2009 with 20,000 miles on it.
- This is my 6th summer of riding the bike and I have put on over 70,000 miles by the end of the season. That is an average of over 11,500 miles per year.
- I rode in a total of 8 states: Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Kansas, and Iowa.
- I stayed with family/friends 4 nights, stayed in hotels 3 nights, and camped 5 nights.
- I visited 4 National Parks: Capital Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the Grand Canyon
- I spent $352 on gas (96 gallons). I averaged 49 miles per gallon.
- Temperature: Lowest riding temp was 36 degrees when leaving Frisco CO. The warmest was 108 degrees when approaching Phoenix.
Once again I was very fortunate that the trip went as planned. No weather problems. No mechanical problems. Everything went as planned. I followed my planned route fairly close but I did make a few alternations during the ride. Here is the map with the complete route for this trip.
I hope you enjoyed following along with my trip! As I say: "There is no better way to see the world than on a motorcycle!"