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Pete's First 25,000 Miles





























I'm going for the 25,000 miles pin. By my count, I've conservatively racked up 25,375 miles. There is so much to see in this country!

1. 26 - 29 August 2010 - 3 nights - 1,350 miles
Delivered teardrop from factory to home. Learned how high the teardrop will bounce crossing railroad tracks. Wisconsin, Missouri & Arkansas

2. 8 - 11 October 2010 - 4 nights - 225 miles
Shorebirds at the mouth of the Colorado River. Texas

3. 26 - 30 October 2010 - 3 nights - 900 miles
Buffalo auction at Wichita Mountain Nat’l Wildlife Refuge. Texas & Oklahoma

4. 28 - 31 January 2011 - 3 nights - 400 miles
Whooping cranes at Aransas Nat’l Wildlife Refuge. Texas

5. 31 March - 3 April 2011 - 3 nights - 600 miles
Migratory birds. Texas

6. 13 August - 1 September 2011 - 19 nights - 3,900 miles
Cowboy Poetry in Dubois, Wildlife in Yellowstone & Teton Nat’l Parks, Bent’s Old Fort. Texas, Colorado & Wyoming

7. 10 - 13 November 2011 - 3 nights - 1,200 miles
Davis Mountains & MacDonald Observatory, Javelinas, Strange elk. Texas

8. 16 - 17 June 2012 - 1 night - 300 miles
Fort Parker. Texas

9. 8 - 26 August 2012 - 18 nights - 3,700 miles
Fort Laramie, Devils Tower, Buffalo in Teddy Roosevelt Nat’l Park, Fort Union, Black Hills. Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota & Oklahoma

10. 24 - 27 January 2013 - 3 nights - 400 miles
Shore birds & wintering migratory birds on the Texas coast. Texas

11. 7 - 23 May 2014 - 12 nights - 2,900 miles
Black bear, elk & butterflies in Smoky Mtn Nat’l Park. Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri & Oklahoma

12. 18 August - 11 September 2014 - 19 nights - 3,900 miles
Tallgrass prairie in Flint Hills of Kansas, Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Canoeing in the Boundary Waters. Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kentucky & Louisiana

13. 17 - 29 April 2015 - 12 nights - 1,800 miles
Big Bend Nat’l Park, Guadalupe Nat’l Park, Birds, Wild Flowers. Texas

14. 8 - 24 June - 11 Nights - 3,800 miles
Fort Niobrara Nat’l Wildlife Refuge, Niobrara River, Wind Cave Nat’l Park, Fort Larned; Hiking w/ buffalo on the green, green prairie; Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas
 
I have seen moose in the southern part of Teton Nat'l Park. I had hoped to see moose in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota - but didn't.

Pete
 
Where are you, Pete? I see this is 2015 and I'm just reading about your adventures. It is very inspiring. I haven't been on the forum much for a while.
 
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