Fin.

July 29

You may have noticed that these blog entries have been getting shorter and shorter as the trip goes on. Long gone are the days of the 1,000 word descriptions of the Corn Palace, 4^th of July rodeo, Yellowstone animals, and ketchup mishaps. Since today is the final day of the trip, we’re giving up on writing lengthy descriptions. Here’s what we did today:

· We woke up.

· We took showers.

· We ate omelets and cinnamon bread with Aunt Jane and Uncle John.

· We packed the car.

· We got into the car.

· We drove.

· B saw a yellow Hummer.

· We got stuck in traffic.

· We entered Maryland.

· We entered Pennsylvania.

· We got gas.

· We peed.

· We drove.

· We got stuck in traffic.

· We kicked ourselves for not thinking of this blog-writing idea earlier.

· We got gas.

· We peed.

· We drove.

· We got stuck in traffic.

· We talked about pizza.

· C saw a yellow Hummer.

· We drove.

· We entered New York

· We got antsy because we’ve all driven on these roads before.

· We drove.

· We drove.

· We drove.

· C called the last yellow car of the trip.

· We pulled in to Cooperstown.

· We arrived at K’s house.

· We ate pizza.

FINAL TRIP MILEAGE: 9,337

States visited: Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York

Yellow car count:

C – 400

B – 417

K – 448 **Winner!

Highs and Lows:

Group high – End of the Road Trip

Group low – End of the Road Trip

C high – Sleeping in my own bed tonight

C low – Realizing I have only four days to pack and prepare for Oregon

B high – Pizza! Home! (not necessarily in that order)

B low – Traffic, backseat the whole day

K high – Home!

K low – Being stuck in traffic so much