Trip Stats
| Departed |
2:35pm, May 16, 2002 |
| Returned |
11:50pm, August 15, 2002 |
| Total states we visited |
48 |
| Great Lakes we saw |
Ontario, Erie, Michigan |
| Number of times we crossed the Mississippi |
8 |
| Number of times we crossed the Mississippi on foot |
Twice each |
| Odometer at start |
54,377 |
| Odometer at finish |
73,316 |
| Total trip miles |
18,939 |
| Number of fuel stops |
127 |
| Total gasoline used |
1,359.8 gallons |
| Number of different hotels we stayed at |
61 |
| Cities that were so much fun we stayed longer than planned |
Memphis, New Orleans, Key West |
| Regular pictures taken |
Approx. 2,270 |
| Digital pictures taken |
Approx. 8,200 |
| Blurry pictures accidentally taken of roadside shrubs |
At least 400 |
| Number of moose seen |
4 |
| Number of speeding tickets received |
1 |
| Number of birds who flew into the car |
1 |
| Number of bugs who flew into the car |
400,000,000 (approx.) |
| Number of giant Paul Bunyan statues we saw |
3 |
| Northernmost point |
Threemile Corner, Idaho |
| Southernmost point |
Key West, Florida |
| Easternmost point |
Lubec, Maine |
| Westernmost point |
California between Eureka and Fortuna |
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