Happy Third Gotcha Anniversary

Saturday, 22 February

Three years ago today, Sprinty was adopted by Kris and Darrell on a chilly, overcast day in Boise, ID. The initial trip was a simple drive down I-84 from Boise to Salt Lake City, UT, where Sprinty rested up while the Utah highway department cleared snow and ice from the roads along the route home.

Photo from 2017 Gotcha Day

Two days later Sprinty began the adventuring Sprinty was born to do. The first night camping was at Watchman Campground in Zion National Park in Southwest Utah. A rather epic way to start. Set the bar high from the outset.

Photo from entrance to Zion National Park, 2017

Sprinty showed Kris and Darrell some amazing adventures over the next few weeks as they adventured back to Georgia: Bryce Canyon National Park, driving in an unexpected snowstorm, Capital Reef National Park, Canyon Lands National Park, Arches National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Clinton Presidential Library, and Hot Springs National Park just to name a few.

Photo from Devils Garden Campground, Arches National Park, 2017

Adventuring in 2017 totaled 80 nights camping which was rather modest by comparison to the years that followed. In 2018, Sprinty camped out 183 nights, and in 2019, he camped out 207 nights.

Photo from Chiricahua National Monument, 2018


Some factoids:

Total nights camped in: 516
     - States camped in (listed below): 36
     - Canadian Provinces camped in: 5
Miles logged: 55,990
Avg fuel mileage: about 17.5-18.0 mpg
Longest stay in one place:
     - Riverside RV Resort, Arcadia, FL: 40 nights
     - Second place, 18 nights at RoVers Roost Escapees CoOp, Casa Grande, AZ
Total time camping in a Walmart parking lot: about 3 hours
Longest period camping without moving: 14 days
Longest period dry camping (without hookups or driving): 100 hours

Blog posts: 219 (not counting this one)

Adventures: just too many to list.

Top Adventure: just too many awesome adventures to select a single favorite



BTW, Sprinty's birthday is Monday, 24 February. Also a milestone date (he will be 4 years old), but he prefers celebrating Gotcha Day. Makes him feel just a little bit younger.



States Visited (date of first time camped in):
Utah (February 2017)
Colorado (March 2017)
New Mexico (March 2017)
Texas (March 2017)
Oklahoma (March 2017)
Arkansas (March 2017)
Tennessee (March 2017)
Mississippi (March 2017)
Alabama (March 2017)
Georgia (April 2017?)

Virginia (April/May 2017)
West Virginia (May 2017)
Maryland (May 2017)
Ohio (June 2017)
Kentucky (July 2017)
Indiana (July 2017)
Pennsylvania (August 2017)
Delaware (September 2017)
North Carolina (September 2017)
South Carolina (September 2017)

Florida (November 2017)
New York (July 2018)
Michigan (August 2018)
Wisconsin (August 2018)
Illinois (August 2018)
Vermont (September 2018)
New Hampshire (September 2018)
Maine (September 2018)
Massachusetts (September 2018)
Rhode Island (September 2018)

Connecticut (September 2018)
New Jersey (September 2018)
Louisiana (November 2018)
Arizona (December 2018)
California (January 2019)

Nevada (February 2019)


Canadian Provinces
Ontario (August 2018)
New Brunswick (August 2019)
Nova Scotia (August 2019)
Prince Edward Island (August 2019)
Quebec (August 2019)

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