Days on road: 91
Days to go: 0
Miles driven: 17,406
Hours driving: 387 (45.0 MPH avg)
Pics taken (both): 45,576
Coming up: Work and visitors from the north
Number of gallons of gas bought: 710 avg MPG: 24.5 -- from $2.28 (MO/GA) to $5.69 (California)
Percent of trip done, based on:
* States: 100%
* Miles driven: 100% (guessing 17,400 total)
* Days: 100%
* States covered as a percent of land area they occupy: 100%
* States covered as a percent of population: 100%
* Snacks eaten (from what we brought & bought): 45% (anybody need snacks?)
National Parks, Grasslands or Memorials visited: 42
Other state parks, monuments, museums, etc.: 32
Number of beds slept in: 63
Number of emergency pit stops: 28 (three times on 4/8) Including woods in Nat. Parks (many times)
Naps taken: 108 (22 inside National Parks or Forests, and one in a museum), + abandoned gas station
Coldest temp: 25 (Columbia Falls, Montana)
Warmest temp: 83 (Paso Robles, CA), 85 (Saratoga, NY 5/26), 89 (Kentucky 6/16), 91 (SC 6/21), 100 (GA)
Hours when raining: about 36 (about 2% of awake time)
Hours when snowing or hail: about 5 hours
Best food - Kirk: Fried Chicken in Nachez
Best food - Allison: The Shed, Santa Fe - Green Chile Burrito (even leftovers were great)
Best meal overall - Savoury (Mariposa, CA) - KC had Lamb/mashed potatoes, AC had Mushroom Ravioli
2nd best meal overall - Rocking V Cafe - Kirk had Buffalo filet, Allison had Green Chile Burrito
Best lunch: Topo Gigio - Chicago, IL (Penne alla Vodka), Best Pasta: Boston
Best bargain meal - The Dog House, New Castle Delaware great food for tiny money
Number of restaurants : 101
Number of fast food meals: 1 (day 19-breakfast on the go)
Items left behind or lost so far: 9 (three recovered, four re-purchased, 1 maybe, 2 gone)
Logistics issues: only 4
Pets visited with: 27 (seems like), there were even dogs at one hotel, even a bearded dragon, they seem to have stopped.
Number of times a phrase like: 'Isn't that pretty/nice/interesting?' was spoken: 13,212
Number of times a phrase like: 'Isn't that pretty/nice/interesting?' was answered: 43
Major highways: I-10, I-20, I-26, I-30, I-40, I-50, I-70, I-80, I-90, I-210 , I-190. I-64
& I-95, I-85, I-75, I-55, I-35, I-25, I-15, I-5 & I-295, I-495, I-695, I-795, 101, I-94, I-9, I-77, I -26, I-4
Major bodies of water: Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Lake Mead, Lake Tahoe, Puget Sound, Lake Coeur d'Alene, Jackson Lake, Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Atlantic Ocean
Major Rivers: Mississippi, Colorado, Columbia, Yellowstone, Little Missouri, Snake, Missouri, Ohio, Allegheny, Monongahela, Niagara, Hudson (under it), Delaware Canal, Ohio Canal, New
Major Waterfalls: Yosemite, Niagara, Multnomah (Oregon), Paterson
Iconic roads driven: Route 66 (for a while in Colorado), PCH, Mississippi River Scenic Byway, Lake Shore Drive (Chicago), Skyline Drive (VA)
Historic roads either crossed to walked on: Santa Fe Trail, Cumberland Gap, Appalachian Trail, Pony Express
Fastest internet download speed: 305 (Kevin in Colorado Springs)
Slowest internet download speed: 1 (Mariposa, CA (hotel)), and a few others
Number of souvenirs purchased: 123 & 9 (you figure out the number of either side of '&')
Number of speeding tickets, parking tickets: 0, 1 (no sign)
No. of wild animals expected to see by now, number actually seen: thousands, thousands
So, we finally saw vast amounts of wildlife: buffalo, elk, pronghorn, grizzly bear, black bear, mule deer
Number of really hot women expected to see by now, number actually seen: hundreds, 10 (3 were Internationals, another was 6'3", and Pittsburgh chipped in with 3), Boston, NYC & DC chipped in zero
Number of hitch-hikers seen: 2 (very surprising low number) (one in CT, one in CA)
Number of times Kevin told me to get back to Florida: 27
Number of arrests witnessed: 1 (NOLA) [plus 1 bum dropped on side of road by cop], plus a pull-over
Number of bad accidents seen: 1 T-bone (15 minutes after happened)
Number of truck weigh stations passed during travels, number operational: 375, 6 (MT/MD/NC)
Number of curbs hit: 4 (1 in mom's van)
Number of fender benders: 1 (KC), broken light
Lowest and Highest posted Speed Limits (mph): 8 (down cliff in AZ) & 80 (Idaho, SD & Montana)
Number of times Kirk bit his tongue and did NOT say: "Wonder how that tastes", when Allison said "I really like xyz animal": 12
Shortest number of miles starting to drive in AM, then stopping for a picture: 0.3 miles
Shortest number of miles starting to drive in AM, then stopping for a potty break: 6.6 miles
Best (new) drink: Caribbean Mule - Captain Morgan, Pineapple Juice, Lime sour mix, Ginger Beer
Best Bartenders: Mike (The Ohio Club, AR) & Juan (Chapel Hill, NC)
Oil Changes: 3
Best state nickname: BOregon
Largest number miles the Google Maps lady-voice said, "Next turn in X miles": 255 (in MO then IL)
Number of hot tubs dipped in: 7 (only one naturally spring fed)
Smallest Casino passed: a four slots/seat casino in restaurant in Kadoka, South Dakota
Largest Casino passed: WinStar World Casino & Resort, Thackerville, Oklahoma (largest in USA)
Lowest toilet seat: Indiana
Highest water in toilet bowl: Indiana (same toilet), which if you do the geometry means wet ones
State with most road tolls (to date): Ohio, New York is worse, Texas tops them both
State with best service center: Maryland (Maryland House, I-95)
Movies watched: two
Hottest water: Chagrin Falls, OH, way over 130
Best shower head: McMurray, PA
Highest water pressure, shower: Richmond, VA (Dottie's)
Number of toilets broken: 1 - Allison Park, PA
Number of toilets with lights sat on: 1 (Mass.)
Number of toilets with cloth condom sat on: 1 (Weaversville, NC)
Worst Roads: New York
Strongest toilet flush: Rutland, VT (scared it might pull you into the water cyclone)
Longest time in a state: California - 135 hours, NJ is close 2nd
Shortest time in a state: Indiana and Connecticut - 18 hours, Minnesota - 19 hours
Least amount of miles in a state: Kentucky - about 60, Alabama - about 80
Number of tombstones seen - thousands and more
Relatives including spouses, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles:
Number of friends visited, Kirk: 37 (including 12 fraternity brothers and 5 from WVHS)
Number of friends visited, Allison: 10
TV watched:
* One episode of Jeopardy (to see who the James guy was)
* Last half & OT of the NCAA Finals
* Last period of NHL Finals
* Last quarter of NBA Finals
* Last two shots on 18th hole by Gary Woodland (winner) at Golf's US Open
* 20 minutes of NFL draft
* Last half of USMNT USA v. TnT
* Less than 4.5 hours total, but certainly some of the key sports moments of the year
Number of iconic building visited:
* The Breakers, Newport, RI 125K sq ft, built in two years, 1890's
* Marble House Newport, RI 51K sq ft, built in five years, 1890's
* The Biltmore, Asheville, NC 179K sq ft, built in six years, 1890's
* The Hurst Castle, California 60K sq ft, built in 38 years, early 1900's
* The Empire State Building, 2,730K sq ft, built in 14 MONTHS, 1931 - Yes 2.7 million sq ft
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