Western Folklife Center

Click here to return to the homepage of Western Folklife Center

« DAY73-closing the loop on this entire ride | Main | Nov 25th-06 Home to my own saddle trees »

The last of JW crossing America

Promise you this will draw the entire ride across USA to a close. It is the information that some of you have been waiting for, and I guess some of you have been dreading would come............no matter what the case here it is.
Some fun stuff first then on to the contest winners, the numbers below represent averages and are not scientific by any means.
-The total trip was 3517 from Cayucos California to First Landing State Park in Virginia
-The average speed of my ride was 12.8 miles per hour
-The number of pedal stokes for the entire ride 1,846,425
-Total calories burned would be 140,680
-To make calories easier to understand I done a cowboy conversion and it would equal 410 PB&J for the ride
- Total Gatorade consumed was 1.5 swimming pools worth..............er, quite a bit
- Total photos taken is 3170 or an average of 44.2 per day
- Longest riding day was 96 miles
- Highest mountain pass was Loveland Pass at 12,000 feet
- Day with the most passes to ride over was back in Nevada at 6 passes over 6,000ft.
- WINNER of guess at longest ride in a day was Serge Monsanto who guessed 98
- WINNER of most frequent blog commentator was Darren Romahlo
- WINNER of the send a pie contest was Per Kronvold from Sweden
- WINNER of the Prayin'est Blogger is my good buddy Rob Schlosser,,,,,,,,,,,thanks buddy
- I will be sending out some things to folks who took the time to send along concise thoughts on the "PULSE QUESTIONS", for some reason some of the folks who answered these questions sent them directly to my home email address. Anyways sure appreciate all of you keeping me in your thoughts and Prayers.
- JW wieghed the night before he headed out and was 213 pounds with his work cloths and boots on
- JW wieghed in at 184 pounds when he reached Virgina Beach
- JW gained just over 2 inches in thigh diameter and .75 inches in calf diameter
- Total load at its heaviest point was 93.5 pounds.............Poochy Maggie too heavy
**** I sent back my Video Camera and its mount along with 3 batteries and 6 mini DVD tapes. Also I sent back my Laptop and 2 batteries for it along with a mess of cords to plug the rascal in with. I had a small belly gun and holster and decided to send it home along with a handful of shells............my shotgun and angry eyes.................the extra set of false teeth and monkey chow.................ah, my flip flops and beach pail.........that's about it I guess
- Giving you an honest miles per day ridden is tough, mainly because I feel that so much of my time was consumed in dealing with the BLOG and LIBRARY problems. So I just won't bother because the National LIbrary Association would be upset if I blamed them for my slow pace, and I sure can't be to blame for the slow pace............so who else is there???
THANKYOU AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE FOLLOWED AND ADDED TO THIS ADVENTURE.
From: Jeremiah Watt

Comments

Haha...what can I say? But where are pictures of this blogging ceremony? See ya tonight!

Post a comment

The opinions expressed in the Western Folklife Center's Deep West online journals are those of the online journal participants and not the Western Folklife Center. The Western Folklife Center does not moderate these journals and as such does not guarantee the veracity, reliability or completeness of any information provided in the journals or in any hyperlink appearing within them.