Roadrunner Reflections - First Year' s Numbers

During the last year, I have thought many times about the power of the blog.  It continues to amazes me.  It compels me to keep coming up with some thoughts each day.  I love to see this thing grow.  I find great satisfaction in coming up with an idea or a picture that interests someone.

I began this blog hoping to generate some dialogue and maybe make a friend 'out there' and to keep a record of where we have been.  It has done those things and more.

One thing I look at is numbers.  Here are a few that surprise me:

• 35,764 - hits on this blog.  That seems like a lot but I know some who have well over 100,000 hits.  
• 8,149 - unique individuals who have viewed the blog.  I am baffled by that many people who who stop by and check us out.  But thanks.  How long will it take to get 10,000?
• 61 - countries (who knew that people in places like Uganda and Pakistan who are interested in RVing?
• 51 - states and regions in the US (includes District of Columbia)
• $50.70 for clicks on ads.  I am not supposed to ask people to click on the advertisements so I won't.  I need to accrue $100 worth of clicks before they send me a check.  I guess those with 1000's of daily readers make a decent amount of passive income.  For us, it is a bit of a novelty and it has been months since I started, so we will see how long it takes to get there.
• 16,215 miles in the RV.  Can't believe we put that many miles on the Roadrunner.  If you'd said we would travel 3,000 miles I would have been surprised.
• 31, 809 miles in the Honda.  This one really surprises me.  I would have guessed 10,000 miles max.
• 3 - countries we have travelled to:  The US, Mexico and Canada
• 238 - money I have saved by giving myself haircuts
• 101 - Followers.  I know some people hate that name and refuse to be called a 'Follower' so they don't sign up.  Too bad the term 'Regular Readers' wasn't the word used.
• 1 - time we have broken down on the highway and been towed into a Freightliner shop.

Those are just some of the numbers for our First Year on the Road.  We are enjoying it.  Looking at Year 2 looks a lot different than Year One.  There is still a sense of adventure and intrigue but a different kind...  The novelty of the idea is different.  It seems as if we have experienced a lot and learned a lot and I wouldn't trade a day of it.

We will see what the numbers for the next year look like ~ what story they will tell.

That is it for us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles.  Thanks for stopping by!