Distance meme
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allyra:
Longest distance ever traveled? As in how many miles I traveled on the trip? My long trip around the entire U.S. ten years ago. About 14,000 miles, IIRC. As in distance from my home? From near Seattle to the U.K. in 1996. The flight took me over the north pole [g].
Farthest North? Just north of Fairbanks, Alaska, when I was fourteen. We drove the Alaska Highway (1200 miles of it was gravel back then) to get there.
Farthest South? I haven't been that far south. Probably New Orleans or the panhandle of Florida.
Farthest East? The U.K. York, maybe? Or is Edinburgh farther east?
Farthest West? Either Homer or Tenana, Alaska. It's a toss-up.
Highest Mountain? Mt. Evans, Colorado. 14,240 feet. The highest road in the U.S. leads to the top.
Hottest Temp? 123dF in the bottom of the Grand Canyon when we rode the mules down when I was twelve.
Coldest temp? -25dF is the coldest one I remember. In Logan, Ohio, in 1989-90, I think. It broke a record for the date, IIRC.
ETA: Should add that the lowest elevation I've ever been at is 282 feet below sea level. In Badwater, Death Valley, California, when I was a kid, and in 1999.
allyra:Longest distance ever traveled? As in how many miles I traveled on the trip? My long trip around the entire U.S. ten years ago. About 14,000 miles, IIRC. As in distance from my home? From near Seattle to the U.K. in 1996. The flight took me over the north pole [g].
Farthest North? Just north of Fairbanks, Alaska, when I was fourteen. We drove the Alaska Highway (1200 miles of it was gravel back then) to get there.
Farthest South? I haven't been that far south. Probably New Orleans or the panhandle of Florida.
Farthest East? The U.K. York, maybe? Or is Edinburgh farther east?
Farthest West? Either Homer or Tenana, Alaska. It's a toss-up.
Highest Mountain? Mt. Evans, Colorado. 14,240 feet. The highest road in the U.S. leads to the top.
Hottest Temp? 123dF in the bottom of the Grand Canyon when we rode the mules down when I was twelve.
Coldest temp? -25dF is the coldest one I remember. In Logan, Ohio, in 1989-90, I think. It broke a record for the date, IIRC.
ETA: Should add that the lowest elevation I've ever been at is 282 feet below sea level. In Badwater, Death Valley, California, when I was a kid, and in 1999.
