TRIP: Solo to the Northeast

When: April 17, 2011 - May 30, 2011

Why: To hit 48 states in 2 years.  I did it in 23 1/2 months.

Trip Song: "Good Life" by One Republic

In Debt From the Trip: Nope, it's all paid off.

Days: 44

Adventures: 85

States: 25

State Parks: 8

National Parks: 10

Countries: 2

Red Bulls: 44 (small can)

Best Adventure: Can't choose: NASA Mission Control, Blue Angels, Cantering on the Beach, Flying Trapeze

Worst State to Drive In: New York

Miles Driven: 10,523.3

Gallons Used: 392.258

Cheapest Gas: $3.49 - Afton, VA (May 29, 2011)

Most Expensive Gas: $4.29 - Munising, MI (May 10, 2011)

Most Expensive Gas I Didn't Buy: $5.05 - DC (May 18, 2011)

Speeding Tickets: 0

Miles Walked: 51.7

Worst Insect: Black Flies

Pictures Taken: 8,110

Shirts/Hoodies: 29

Loads of Laundry: 15

Cops on the Road: 397

Tolls: $129.40

Most Expensive Toll: Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel - $12.00

Most Expensive Day for Tolls: May 13, 2011 ($26.50) - Toledo, Ohio to Baltimore, Maryland

Restaurants:  31

Seafood: Lobster, Shrimp, Snow Crab Legs, Wild Salmon, Mussels, Clams

Weirdest Food Eaten: Alligator Sausage

Hotels: 26

Bed Bugs: 0

Cheapest Hotel: Super 8 - Havre De Grace, Maryland

Most Expensive Hotel - Harborside Hotel & Marina - Bar Harbor, Maine

Worst Hotel: Rodeway Inn - New Paltz, NY (Had to get a smoking room) - Quality Inn in Toledo, OH had brown water coming out of the shower.  Needless to say I forgo the shower.

Upgraded Room - Best Western - Virginia Beach, VA

Received Phone Numbers: 2 (National Park Ranger at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse & a West Virginia State Penitentiary Tour Guide)

Injury - Gunks: 1 woman fell 30 feet off her rappel rope and broke her ankle and 2 vertebrae in her back.