No more photos as I rapidly headed home in advance of the storm.
Nice weather in Nebraska and the rest of the way home, but Iowa was flooded - they called it a 500 year flood which means that there were no towns here the last time that it flooded this much. It is a good thing that I was ahead of schedule as one of the bridges I crossed was closed the next day. Floods all around me and killer tornadoes right behind me! No time to be a sightseer! Slept for 3 hours at the first rest stop in Illinois and then drove past Chicago in the dark early am hours before sleeping for another 3 hours at the first stop in Indiana. Loved seeing the Appalachian Mountains in northern Pennsylvania as they were very green and a sight for sore eyes that were tired on the plains. Drove about 900 miles on each of these 2 days.
Ate at a Taco John's in western Iowa.
So, during the trip, I ate at a McDonald's in Ohio, Taco John's twice (Wisconsin and Iowa), Culver's in North Dakota, a Mexican restaurant in Montana, a Zips, a Russian pastry shop and a Red Robin's in Washington, a seafood restaurant, a Burger King, a Taco Bell and a Taco Time in Oregon, Bad Boy Burgers in Idaho, and Artic Circle in Utah. I ate 7 motel breakfasts. Twice I microwaved food I had brought with me and munced as I drove on some food I brought with me. Lost 1 pound on the trip.
Came home broke!
Cheapest gas (less than 4.00 for regular): Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa
But at Crater Lake in Oregon, regular was 3.50 as there was no state tax in the national park!
8923 miles driven!
$1920.84 for gasoline - counting the pre-trip fillup and 1/2 tank left (approx. $50.00 worth) when I got home = $1870.84
21 cents per mile
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