Passenger's Log
Start location: Merritt Island, FL
End location: Oakland, CA
Vehicle: Toyota Tundra towing a Mercury Milan on a questionable U-Haul tow dolly.
Travel Time: 8 days
64: Average MPH for the total trip
3,518: total miles traveled
11: states traveled through
2: hours spent wandering through the Grand Canyon
4: days in Kansas spent catching up with my family and being puked on by a baby
1: birthday party thrown for me with 1 butterfly balloon and 1 ‘Happy Birthday’ banner; 0: number of butterfly balloons and banners that should be at a 28-year-old’s birthday party
83: questions my Grandma asked Dan upon meeting him for the first time
24: hours spent in picturesque Durango, CO
45: minutes spent waiting on a new truck tire, at J/P Tires in Durango
6: Number of Dan’s family members throughout Colorado who kept us company and/or put us up for a night. Thank you Beth, Joe, Judy, John, Frank and Char!
1: dog who joined us in the hot tub at Dan’s Uncle Frank and Aunt Char’s house, without realizing there was water in there
4: number of times the taillight fell out of the U-Haul tow dolly
375: number of times I thought the dolly was going to fall apart into a trillion pieces
16: times the dog looked at me like she wanted to chew my face off for making her go on such an epic trip
1: Native American that cursed and yelled at Dan for not buying a dream catcher in a McDonald’s parking lot in Navajo Country
8: times I thought I would kill us all driving through Downtown Atlanta
3: pairs of pants that still fit me after all that highway fast food and family gatherings; 4: pairs of pants that don’t
45: times Dan mentioned gas mileage (per day) (ok, not really)
46: times Jamie had to stop to go to the bathroom
0: times I thought about turning back (sorry Jess)
3: weary travelers who finally made it home
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