The Stats

Miles travelled: 7003

States visited: 16

Most states in one day: 4 (on two different days)

Most annoying song heard over and over again: “The Stroke” by Billy Squier

Obscure top 40 song from my past I was most surprised to hear: “Gemini Dream” by the Moody Blues

Strangest radio station: 920AM in Faribault MN (all polka all the time)

Best lodging: Renaissance Tower, Indianapolis

Worst lodging: Motel 6, Kansas City

Cutest boys in the rest areas: Nebraska

Strangest food substance: Frank’s Kraut Juice (Minnesota)

Most pleasant financial surprise: Free ATM service at Norwest Banks thanks to merger mania

Runner-up to above: Cigarettes for $15.00 a carton in Indiana and Wyoming

Best thrift store surprise: The missing piece of my McDonald’s Flintstones mug collection

Crappiest queer bar: Blazing Saddles, Des Moines IA

Strangest queer bar: C’est La Vie, Milwaukee

Most enjoyable felony: Oral sex in Michigan (I’d say Minnesota too, but I’m not sure if it’s felony there)

Most enjoyable misdemeanor: Public drinking in a creepy parking garage in Minneapolis

Most enjoyable infraction: 90MPH through large parts of Nevada and Wyoming

Most roadkill sightings: I-35 through Iowa

Best culinary experience: The King and I, Minneapolis

Runner-up to above: Luby’s Cafeteria, OKC, Amarillo, and Albuquerque

Number of people I met in bars who had seen Planet SOMA: 1

Strangest vehicular sighting: An Oakland city bus parked at a truck stop in Albuquerque

Cheapest gas: 80.9 cents in Oklahoma City

Runner-up to above: 84.9 cents in Des Moines

Most expensive gas: $1.55 in the middle of the Mojave Desert

Runner-up to above: $1.29 in Needles CA

Worst allergy region: Minnesota, hands down