Continuing a blog tradition, here are some statistics for this past year's Ciaowagen travel:

• Days spent on the road: 58 (plus 3 retrieving the Ciaowagen from Nashville)

• Miles traveled by the Ciaowagen: 4,874

• Additional Miles traveled by the Fittata: 2,390

• TOTAL miles traveled: 7,264

• States visited: 15

• Campgrounds visited: 20

• Fellow RVers traveled with: 29 (in 15 RVs)

• Depth of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca: 10 inches

• Depth of the Mississippi River at New Orleans: 200 feet

• RV engines replaced: 1

• Human joints replaced: 2

• Happy campers: 2