Miscellaneous Thoughts

Total Miles Driven:  7,552

Missy's Favorite Experiences:
1.Climbing Guadalupe Peak!
2. New Years Eve Party
3. Seeing the stars at night in NM and AZ
4. Climbing rocks in Joshua Tree National Park
5. The afternoon spent in Mexico ($8 Quart of Kahlua)

Jenny's Favorite Experiences:
1. Climbing Guadalupe Peak!
2. Spending time with Grandpa and Ann.
3. Exploring San Francisco.
4. Experiencing perfect silence in Texas (when we stopped to take   the Loose Livestock picture - no cars, no wind, no birds, no people)
5. Seeing all the things on the map live and in person!

Coolest City:  San Francisco
Most Interesting City: New Orleans
Worst City: El Paso
Most Awesome Building: Phoenix Public Library
Worst Drivers: Tennessee semi drivers, all drivers in Alabama, and last but not least,  the make your own rules drivers in Hope, Arkansas.
Best Hostels: Montara, New Orleans.
Worst Hostels (although none were terrible): Austin (disorganized and snoring drunks), Houston (creepy) San  Francisco (too many annoying people crammed into one room)
Coolest Interstate Perks: HOV Lanes (high occupancy vehicle lanes),   Picnic areas all over the West.

Five Cool Things We Saw in the Sky:
1.  The Milky Way
2.  Lunar Eclipse
3.  Stealth Fighter Jet (flying over White Sands)
4.  Many falling stars!
5.  Fighter jets chasing each other at Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix

Best Natural Wonders:
1.  The Ocean!!!!  especially in Northern California
2.  Dolphins seen jumping through waves while driving along Highway 1
3.  Giant boulders at Joshua Tree National Park
4.  Huge redwood at Big Basin
5.  Milky Way

Missy's Favorite Meals on the Trip:
1.  Soul food at Praline Connection in New Orleans.
2.  Swordfish at Wildwood in Fallbrook, CA.
3.  Italian food at La Cafeterata in North Beach in San Francisco.
4.  Mexican food at Ramona's in 29 Palms, CA
5.  All meals at Denny's

Jen's Favorite Meals
1.  Wet burrito at Ramona's
2.  Fresh pasta at Cafeterata
3.  Millenium spaghetti at Gaby and Mo's in Austin
4.  Meatloaf, mac and cheese, and collard greens at Praline Connection (yes, I really tried the collard greens)