The moon, somewheres in Nebraska.

At a gas station, somewheres in Nebraska.

The sunrise, same place.

Wyoming.

Again.

Again. We stopped and ate lunch here.
A windmill farm, somewhere out west. . .don't remember the state.

Our camping spot, just outside Salt Lake City.
We went to Idaho.



And then to Oregon.Oregon is a big place.

We conquered that tree in a random tree farm in Oregon.

The Columbia river, just outside The Dalles.

We stopped to throw big rocks in the river.

. . .and took pictures of flowers.

Our epicosity cannot be contained.


Obviously.
The sand was shiny.

We like fire.

Ian got buried. . .and stickmannified.
Somehow, TEAM EPIC got inscribed in the sand. . .
This cliff and dunes formation occupied us for several hours.
One Highway 101 going north along the coast.

We rendezvoused with Adam and hiked Mt. Si in Washington.
There was a big rock. Carl climbed it.
On the way out of Washington, we encountered a herd of large metal horses. Odd.
We were willing to lay down everything, even our lives. . .

Funny story. Ask sometime.
Glacier National Park is a pretty place. So is Lake McDonald in said park.
We still like fire. . .
And food.
It's even prettier in the morning.
It's the clearest lake I've ever seen. You can see the rocks on the bottom through probably 10 feet of water.
We hiked to a lookout close to the top of Mt. Brown
It was cold.
We also drove up Going to the Sun Road, which took us to the Continental Divide in Glacier. It was amazing.


Shadows are pretty cool.
So are the Badlands.
Pano!



We were sad.



Thus concludes the last post on this blog (I think). I'm done.

Happy Guys

A few teary-eyed gentlemen

A few end of the trip statistics

Miles traveled: 4800*
Longest time period without a shower: 71 hours
Number of Pictures taken: 2723
Gigabytes of pictures: 6.24
Highest hours-of-movies-watched to hours-slept ratio (for one day): 18:1*
Number of chick-flicks watched: 1
Number of tears shed whilst watching said chick-flick: 2.6
Number of Beards grown: 0.2
Money spent on trip: none o' yo' biz
Call your mom hours: 1
Call your Dad hours: 1
Call your girl hours: 1
Number of deaths: 0.3
Number of hamburgers eaten: 35
Number of hot dogs eaten: 36+
Number of Taco Bell stops: 2 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Vertical feet climbed: 8294+
Number of cartwheels/flips/ninja rolls: incalculable*
Number of mosquitos killed: 846*
Number of welcome signs climbed: 2
Number of welcome signs posed with: 8
Number of U-turns: 3*
Number of illegal activities: none o' yo' biz. But more than one.
Most frequently played CD's: "Let It Snow, Baby, Let It Reindeer" & "Take Everything"
Most Quoted TV show: The Office
Number of theme songs: 5
Names of aforementioned theme songs:
1. The Office Theme Song
2. He's a Pirate (rock mix)
3. Mortal Kombat Theme Song
4. Pressing On
5. Sleigh Ride
Beverage consumed the most: Water (with Mountain Dew being a close second)
Time zones occupied: 3








*approximate

It's over!

Day 9: Hearts grow heavy, and eyes moist as this EPIC adventure on which Team EPIC has embarked grows to a close.

After a light breakfast of Honey & Nut Sweetened Whole Grain Oat Cereal topped with Land o' Lakes 1% Low Fat Milk (don't think they're being healthy. . .they still eat gratuitous amounts of mayonnaise on their sandwiches), Team EPIC set out for a quick excursion into the dry, dusty, hostile Badlands. The excursion was, of course, EPIC. Miraculously, the only injuries sustained were a slightly twisted ankle and a few scraped hands. After their quick excursion, Team EPIC set out on their long homeward journey (hence the moist eyes) In the first hour of their trip, Team EPIC belted out hymns at the top of their lungs until they had exhausted their repertoire of hymns and worship songs. Since then, things have been rather boring, with the back seat-dwelling members watching movies, and the front seat members talking.



Team Member E: "This job is so important I'm going to run to go do it!"


Team EPIC is so EPIC even their shadows are EPIC.



More pictures to come.