Thursday, May 15, 2008

The Tally


Miles driven: Around 4,000, including day/side trips! Lego/Disneyland weren't exactly "on the way".
Miles driven by Ang: 0
Days on the road: 21
States crossed: 13, including CA, MA and the 13 miles in West Virginia
States with "welcome" sign caught on camera: 9, none for CA as we were leaving and 3 to be caught tomorrow

Cities stayed in: 14, not including Boston
Different hotels stayed in: 11
Days in a hotel: 14
Days we stayed in a Hampton Inn/Suites: 6, 7 if you include the Hilton in Scranton (same rewards program)
Times we swam in hotel pool: 4
Times Eli rolled off the hotel bed: 2, and then we started getting cribs for him everywhere
Favorite hotel of the trip: Drury Plaza Inn in St. Louis

Homecooked dinners: 5
Tom's Starbucks: 9
Ang's Starbucks: 2
Times eaten at McDonald's: 1
Times we duplicated a restaurant: 1, if you count the In-N-Out in Gilroy, just 45 min. into our trip. Otherwise, 0!
Times we ate at a Chinese restaurant: 1

National Parks/Monuments visited: 4
Amount spent on admission to National Parks: $78.50
Amount needed for annual pass to National Parks: $80
Days before we finally crossed CA border: 6

DVD's watched in the car: 0, as long as we can get through tomorrow without it too
Number of portable DVD players kids think we own: 0
Surprises/new toys given: too many, that's why we got away with no DVD's
Windmills counted: 54, mostly in Texas
Fights in the back of the car: I have a headache just thinking about them
Gadgets in the car: 5 (GPS, Blackberry, 2 cell phones, iPod)

Days left on our trip of a lifetime: 1

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