Day 2 of Road Trip 2010

Galena, Illinois

Cross-country statistics:

Miles traveled: 1,346
States crossed: 5
Meals eaten: 2
Hours Driven: 22 (writing this at 1:40 a.m. CT and we left at 11 a.m. ET 6/26)
Coffees consumed: 2
Number of times I ran out of gas: 1
Cute animals that nearly became roadkill: 4 (woodchuck, opossum, deer and white cat in Lawton, Iowa)
Animals caught re-enacting their own "Why did he cross the road?" jokes: 2 (woodchuck at attention and opossum in headlights, both on Rt. 20)
Times my mom was called "sweetie" at the truck stop diner Iron Skillet in Perrysburg, Ohio: 7
Amish buggies seen being driven on the road in Shipsewana, Ind.: 1
Amish buggies seen parked for the Mennonite services: 40

Insects on Kamikaze missions into our windshield: thousands
Gallons of windshield-wiper fluid used to clean said insects: 10
Hotels passed because parking was not suitable for my mom: dozens
Motel parking lots we pulled out of because it looked like the set of "1408": 1
Ratio of Iowa's corn stalks to world population: 1,000,00o to 1
Flavors of popcorn at Great American Popcorn Company in Galena, Ill.: over 80


Amount of fun my mom and I are having: Endless!