Adding it all up

Duration:  39 days, 38 nights

Distance:  8,586 miles

Total Cost per mile:  $1.01

States visited: 20, plus Washington, D.C. and the Canadian province of Ontario

Locations where we stayed at least one night:  28

Gallons of fuel: 264.37

Average MPG: 33.06

Average fuel cost per gallon:  $4.13.  (Would have been a good deal lower if we had not spent time in Canada!)

National Parks / Monuments / Memorials visited:  7, plus at least 6 of the memorials on or near the Mall in Washington, D.C.

Major League Baseball games attended:  3.  Go Dodgers!

Major League Ballparks visited (no game played on the date visited):  2

State Capitals visited (meaning, we drove through the city and viewed the building from the outside):  4

State Capitols visited (meaning, we entered the building):  3

Times we crossed the continental divide:  9  (How can that be an odd number?)

Family visited:  2

Friends visited:  20 who we actually knew before, plus dozens, if not hundreds, of new friends along the way.

Times we washed the car:  4

Times we did laundry:  4

Live music concerts attended:  4

Illnesses:  0
Instances of car trouble:  0

Times we turned on the television:  0

Loads of fun!

And, surprisingly enough, we still like each other!

Goodbye, Farewell and Amen