The Trip - By The Numbers

Here is a quick summary of key figures from the trip:

• 20 - Days away
• 3,310.8 - Miles driven
• 1,642 - Pictures taken
• 12 - States visited or passed through (NY, NJ, PA, WV, OH, KY, TN, MO, AR, IA, IL, IN)
• 11 - States Brian and Amanda were awake in (they slept through all of WV)
• 10 - Hotels we stayed in
• 62 - Hours the kids (read: Ethan) watched movies
• 80 - Clocked speed I was driving when pulled over by OH State Trooper (only got a warning)
• 70 - Maximum speed I drove the rest of the time in OH
• 2 - Toilets clogged
• 1 - Toilets clogged so badly the hotel had to give us the key to the vacant room next door
• 36 - Cheeseburgers eaten by Amanda
• 1 - New holidays created (Solderkkah)
• 45 - Minutes in line for Dragster ride in Cedar Point
• 120 - MPH the Dragster ride achieved in about 2 seconds
• 17 - Total seconds for the Dragster ride
• 4 - Halls of Fame visited (Country Music, Rock 'n Roll, College Football, Pro Football)
• 3 - Halls of Fame we were all glad we visited (Rock 'n Roll, College Football, Pro Football)
• 460 - Orders processed for More Than Paper
• 219 - Times either Debbie or I said to the kids "Stop it!" "Please stop it" or "C'mon Guys!"
• 25 - Tropicana Juicy Rewards points used to save money at musuems and tours
• 1 - Truly Gluten-free meal eaten by Debbie (Jimmy John's in South Bend)
• 3 - Colleges visited (Ohio State, Vanderbilt, Penn)
• 1 - Colleges that we visited that our kids will attend (Penn)
• 2 - Trips to Staples to buy more toner
• 694 - Pit stops taken while driving
• 694 - Times Amanda went with me to the bathroom during a pit stop
• 2 - Great Neck friends ran into at Penn
• 1 - Restaurant where they threw rolls to you from 30+ feet away
• 7,985,125 - Calories I consumed during trip
• 7,985,125 - Coincidentally, also my current cholesterol level
• 2 - Major League baseball games attended (Pittsburgh, Cleveland)
• 2 - Minor League baseball games attended (Harrisburg, Williamsport)
• 4 - Home teams that played like Minor League Teams (Harrisburg, Williamsport, Pittsburgh, Cleveland)
• 5 - People who enjoyed the trip, but are glad to be home