Great Loop by the Numbers
I have been requested to provide some Loop stats. It’s interesting to note that the person making this request was also the person who gave me a 1-Star Google review. Therefore, I carefully considered whether or not I wanted to honor his request or not-so-politely suggest what he might do with his request. Alas, I only have one brother and I did, after all, run out of Jack Daniels so here are some stats (as of 27 August) that many may find interesting.
3,729 - Total miles from Pensacola, Florida to Chicago, Illinois
70 - Percentage of the total trip completed
148 - Total days since leaving Pensacola
90 - Total running days (58 days lost to returning home for medical issues and various other stops)
876 - Total gallons of diesel consumed
4.26 - Average miles per gallon
586 - Engine hours
41.4 - Average miles traveled per day
82 - Total number of locks traversed so far
1 - Total number of lousy Google reviews
Sophie, my step-daughter, flew up to Chicago for the Labor Day weekend. We rented electric bikes today and rode 10 miles up and down the bike trail along Lake Shore Drive. Chicago has been a very pleasant surprise - lots of people out doing fun things, nice neighborhoods, and, of course, Chicago pizza.
Sophie wants to move here for the scenery. Not the Lake front scenery, the two-legged, shirtless male scenery. She was very impressed - Me, not so much!
We stopped for a selfie with a statue.
We stopped along the way for some freshly made lemonade.
While out on our bike ride we ran across a beach volleyball tournament.
We decided to boil some shrimp for dinner - they were truly awful.
Turns out that Chicago has some nice sunsets too!