Total kilometres cycled: 15,147 km, made up as follows:
Total kilometres cycled in California, USA: 2,614 km
Total kilometres cycled in Arizona, USA: 760 km
Total kilometres cycled in Utah, USA: 1,129 km
Total kilometres cycled in Colorado, USA: 367 km
Total kilometres cycled in Wyoming, USA: 752 km
Total kilometres cycled in Montana, USA: 743 km
Total kilometres cycled in Idaho, USA: 144 km
Total kilometres cycled in Washington State, USA: 942 km
Total kilometres cycled in British Columbia, Canada: 2,624
Total kilometres cycled in Yukon Territory, Canada: 1,366 km
Total kilometres cycled in Alaska, USA: 2,998 km
Total kilometres cycled in Nevada, USA: 704 km
Most impressive/memorable rides of the trip:
South-Eeastern Utah particularly the Birr Trail
Crossing the following passes on Route 20 in Washington State: Sherman Pass (1,699 m), Wauconda Pass (1,314 m), Loup Loup Pass (1,225 m), and Washington Pass (1,669 m)
Bryce Canyon and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Haines to Haines Junction
Alaska Highway through Kluane National Park
Dalton Highway and the North Slope to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
The Denali Highway, Alaska
US Route 50 across Nevada
Tioga Pass (3,031 m), the highest elevation pass in California, and continuing on Route 120 to Bishop
9 Mile Canyon and Sherman Pass (2,804 m), California
Most memorable animal sightings:
Musk ox on the Dalton Highway
Moose with 2 calves on the Dalton Highway
The numerous bear sightings along the Stewart Cassiar Highway, in particular the brown bear sow with three cubs
Memorable events in the sky:
Daily fighter jet "airshow" in Death Valley
Seeing the northern lights again
Huge snow flakes falling
A partial annular eclipse
Scariest animal encounters:
Desert Tarantulas scuttling past our tent
The time we set up our tent 20 m from a bear's den by mistake (Robert Campbell Hwy)
Best human encounter:
being invited to stay at the Noobs Rally in Panamint Springs (Death Valley) and meeting so many amazing Americans in the first couple of weeks of the trip
Scariest human encounters:
Cycling through the Idaho Panhandle (especially Coeur d'Alene)
Cycling through the backwoods of Washington State (Nutters, absolute NUTTERS!)
Quote of the trip:
"Go back to California!" yelled at us by a woman in Idaho when we told her to keep her attacking dog on a lead!
Most memorable driveway sign:
"Private property. I own a gun and a backhoe"
Gear Failures (never had so many, but most things had just reached the end of their lives):
Mike's Rohloff Hub shell (after more than 100,000 km)
Judith's rear rim (after more than 50,000 km)
Mike & Judith's Igaro D1 dynamo power converters (after about 5 years each)
Mike's pedals
Judith's pedals, and their replacement, and their replacement!
Mike & Judith's Chris King bottom brackets (after 10's of thousands of km)
MSR Guardian Water Filter which was purchased new for the trip (pretty poor life as our original one has lasted a very long time)!
Mike's rear rim (after more than 50,000 km) and it's replacement.
One of Judith's tyres
Mike's self-inflating mattress
Zip sliders replaced on all tent zips
Judith's Gates CDX belt (after approx. 17,000 km)
Mike & Judith's Nomu Smartphones used for navigation