A Few Statistics…
Miles traveled : 8,126.
Gallons of Gas: 244.953.
Cost of Gas: 726.54.
High gas price: 3.599 in Nevada.
Low gas price: 2.729 in Virgina.
States Crossed: 16 (Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma).
Motels Stayed In: 10.
Motels with reliable broadband: 5.
Road Headaches: 1.
Missed Turns: 3.
Traffic Jams Endured: 3. Denver, Albuquerque, Pismo Beach. Yes…Pismo Beach.
County Fairs visited: 1.
Cute guys gawked at: Too many for my own good.
Trading Posts visited: 8.
Turquoise Bought: 5 bracelets, 2 chokers.
Bone Chokers Bought: 3 Cherokee, 1 Navajo.
Tie-dye t-shirts bought: 5.
"Is that one of those iPhones?": 3 times.
"You work for the Hubble Space Telescope?": 7 times.
"You drove all the way from Maryland?": 20+ times.
"How long did it take to grow your hair that long?": 4 times.
"Baltimore…? That’s somewhere on the east coast…right?": 1 time.
Discoveries:
- Texting can be addictive.
- Taking your own pillow along is well worth the cargo space it takes up.
- Digital SLR makers badly need to get a handle on the dust issue.
- Wyoming should not be judged by I-80.
- Portland gets nicer every time you visit.
- Slot machines are even more evil then I thought.
- Travel alone isn’t as much fun as it used to be.
