Fantastic. Had a great time.

A tie between Virginia, California, and Florida.

A tie between Washington D.C., Niagara Falls, Blue Ridge Parkway, Glacier National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park.

A tie between U.S. Hwy 101 from Malibu, CA to Port Angeles, WA; and Blue Ridge Parkway from Shenandoah National Park, VA to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC/TN.

Learned the meaning of life.

All states except Alaska and Hawaii, PLUS Washington D.C. and Ontario, Canada -- all on Trip #2 ONLY. (Trip #1 = 11 states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida; then back through all of them except Utah and Tennessee.)

141 Days, 140 nights (Trip #1 was 43 days, 44 nights).

At almost every major restaurant chain: Dennys, McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Wendys, Taco Bell, Hardees (East coast). Occasionally at local diners. Once at Indian Restaurant.

$8,458.36. (Started with about $5,200 in bank account)

April 8, 1995 - August 26, 1995.

744 miles on Day #103 - July 19, 1995. From North Platte, NE to Richfield, UT (Crossed length of Colorado). Started 9:50 A.M. Central Time, reached Richfield 11:55 P.M. Mountain Time.

Six states in one day - twice. On both days, the states were the same, but the order was different (Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois).

From St. Louis, MO to New Orleans, LA to Longview, TX to Kansas City, MO to Des Moines, IA to Minneapolis, MN -- the original plan was to drive directly from St. Louis to Minneapolis!

Elevation 12,183 feet in Rocky Mountains National Park - Day #113, July 29, 1995.

100 Miles Per Hour in Colorado -- an' me gots a picture to prove it!

Every kind of weather imaginable (almost!): Sunshine, Cloudy, Rain, Snow, Hail, Blizzard, Lightning storms, Sub-freezing temperatures, Temperatures above 110 degrees Fahrenheit [with 100 degrees Fahrenheit at 11:00 at night], AND.... driven near, but not in, a tornado.

29,461 total miles on trip #2 (Trip #1 was approximately 13,500 miles).

25,015 miles in the Toyota Tercel (155,465 total miles on that car when it
died).

Nope - NEVER!!! Lonely??? Yes. NEVER bored!

Not for a while - a long while. But eventually, to Alaska, Hawaii, Europe and Australia.

The official 2-letter postal abbreviations for the States:

AL	Alabama	ND	North Dakota
AR	Arkansas	NE	Nebraska
AZ	Arizona	NH	New Hampshire
CA	California	NJ	New Jersey
CO	Colorado	NM	New Mexico
CT	Connecticut	NV	Nevada
DE	Delaware	NY	New York
FL	Florida	OH	Ohio
GA	Georgia	OK	Oklahoma
IA	Iowa	OR	Oregon
ID	Idaho	PA	Pennsylvania
IL	Illinois	RI	Rhode Island
IN	Indiana	SC	South Carolina
KS	Kansas	SD	South Dakota
KY	Kentucky	TN	Tennessee
LA	Louisiana	TX	Texas
MA	Massachusetts	UT	Utah
MD	Maryland	VA	Virginia
ME	Maine	VT	Vermont
MI	Michigan	WA	Washington (State)
MN	Minnesota	WI	Wisconsin
MO	Missouri	WV	West Virginia
MS	Mississippi	WY	Wyoming
MT	Montana	DC	District Of Columbia
NC	North Carolina	ON	Ontario, Canada