Troy, MI

Here it is in numbers. Pretty neat to look at.

15 days

4162 miles

78 hours 55 minutes in the car

4 new states

13 states total

4 Big Cities

7 State Capitals

12 different attractions (historic, natural or amusement)

15 different restaurants.

2 picnics

1 cat

4 whales

6 antelopes

1 seal

Lots of birds

Millions of tiny flies

100s of squashed bugs

5 friends

gallons of gas.

9 different beds per persons

6 Marriott

1 uncle brick

1 aunt Marne

3 cousins

4 ski resorts

1 condo

1 houseboat

3 hikes

1 active volcano

2 lava tubes

7 home cooked meals

5 pool

2 Lakes

2 boats

1 ocean

4 movies

4 by on tape

140 bottle of water

5 minute rainy drives

2 farmers markets

2 pizzas

30 pairs of dirty underwear

1 raft

5 wet bathing suits

5 glasses wine or other sanity beverages

2 fountains

4 accents (spanish, indian, southern, mid-southern)

4 dollars in tolls

2 National Parks

1 great Salt lake

6 Mountain Ranges

3 iPhones

2 iPods

2 iPads

3 surface pros

25+ postcards

2 College campuses

5 backpacks

4 nationalities of food (french, Italian, Greek and Japanese)

100s of hugs

100s of laughs

Trip cost: first year we didn't keep track

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