Trip to New England, 2023 – Day 17 – Home to Ottawa (Goal 60×60.42.17)

Day 17 — time to go home (photos 1-2). We stuck to the tradition of the trip, snapping some shots as we entered Ottawa (photos 3-5). And then one final one in our driveway at the end of the trip (photo 6). It was another 341 km for the day, and only 6 photos with no curation.

The table is a basic summary of what we recorded for travel and photos for the trip. Days 14-16 were really just a “cottage addon”, but it was all part of the same trip, so I’ve included them in the totals.

DAY	DESCRIPTION	DISTANCE	PHOTOS	CURATED
Day 01	To Vermont	370	83	38
Day 02	Around Vermont	230	276	111
Day 03	To New Hampshire	246	271	97
Day 04	To Maine	384	402	187
Day 05	Baxter State Park	384	332	135
Day 06	Around Bangor	23	84	64
Day 07	Acadia National Park	354	574	181
Day 08	To Boston	243	29	19
Day 09	NE Aquarium	70	510	204
Day 10	Navy Yards	63	78	36
Day 11	Four states	610	159	70
Day 12	To Niagara Falls	343	285	119
Day 13	In Niagara Falls	0	110	49
Day 14	To cottage	309	838	197
Day 15	At cottage	0	8	6
Day 16	At cottage	0	478	59
Day 17	Home	341	6	6
—	TOTAL	3970	4523	1578

The car’s mileage shows about 4300+ km for the trip, with 3970 accounted for above. Some of the trip estimates leave out little side trips or detours, so that is probably about right. Call it about 4,300 km over the 17 days, a bit more than the distance when Andrea and I did Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, PEI, NB and back to Ottawa in a shorter timeframe (3900/4000 km). A separate trip to Saguenay and Gaspésie was a much lighter 2700 km.

For photos and videos, we took 4500+ shots, about 1 per km it seems. Of which I curated them down to 1578, although I wasn’t particularly ruthless with butterflies, mountains, falls or even tubing at the cottage. Andrea will still have her work cut out for her if she’s going to make a photo book from the collection of 1500, not including various videos.

It was an amazing trip, but I’m glad to be home.