A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.

Saturday, August 07, 2010

i'm ba-aaack!

...having set a new personal record for miles driven in one day(-ish) : about 660 - Oakley KS to Amarillo TX - 10am Fri to 5pm Fri, Amarillo TX to Fort Worth TX - 11pm Fri to 5am Sat.

Other numbers of (dubious) note:
  • Grand total of miles driven this vacation: 4360 (ranks 3rd on my list)
  • Number of pictures taken: 1265 (hooray digital!)
  • Number of short detours just to take pictures: at least two dozen
  • Number of states I visited for the first time: 5 - ID, MT, SD, IA, NE
  • Number of annoying billboards seen on I-90 in South Dakota: eleventy-jillion-and-seventy-three
  • Number of presidential faces seen on Mount Rushmore: 4
  • Number of minutes before sundown I arrived at Devil's Tower: 16
  • Number of fat old motorcyclists seen: several hundred
  • Number of unreachable bug bites around my left shoulder blade: 4
  • Number of double rainbows seen: 3
  • Number of drives along the SD Badlands: 2
  • Average number of minutes per morning I wasted watching the Weather Channel show anything except actual weather: 23
  • Number of most-frequented motel: 6
  • Number of inexplicable new holes in my car's front right wheel well: 1
  • Number of spam emails received in those 11 days I was gone: 735
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