Traveling Numbers

Well, we made it home in one piece. Today has been a good bit of travel--a long distance, but not unbearable or undoable by our standards.

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Today, we traveled through 4 states.

We drove about 9 hours (including stops).

We changed drivers three times.

We stopped 4 times total, including one quick pee break and one longer meal break.
(We stopped at our favorite mid-point travel plaza for dinner, but there was a long line just to *park* so we veered down the road into town to find a relatively calm pizza hut we've eaten at in the past.)

We each took one nap.

We refueled twice.

The highest price we saw for regular gas was $3.27.

The lowest price we saw was $2.69.

The median price we paid was $2.99.

We traveled on 13 different numbered highways and routes.

We went through umpteen small towns and through 5 largish cities.

We traveled through two tunnels.

We traveled over at least two major river bridges.

We paid $3.75 in tolls.

We got as high as 80 mph and as low as 5 on the highway.

We saw numerous cops.

We hit only one scary traffic jam.

We saw a couple traffic stops, but only one bad accident.
(Sedan flipped on the side of the road with people trapped inside. We missed seeing it by minutes--there were folks all over the median and berm, people still stopping up and down the road, but no cops or emergency workers yet. Saw various cop cars and a fire truck tearing past later. That got me distressed for a good hour.)

We saw cows and horses and ponies.

We saw three sets of geese "V"s flying across the sky.

We saw three cars with Christmas trees tied to their roofs.

We had more than 6 hours left in the day by the time we got home. Not bad...

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Hope every one's travels go safely and smoothly. Godspeed and all that.