The numbers

Brace yourselves:

Total days traveled: 24 (in the car together)
Total (estimated) miles accumulated: 7,825.71
Total nights spent in hotels: 5
Total nights spent in homes of family and friends: 15
Total nights camping: 3
Total states we drove through: 25
Total regions we were in: 8 out of a possible 9 (depending on the map)
Total money spent on gas: $1,116.46

Car related issues:
2 tickets; 1 parking (Chicago) / 1 speeding (Montana, which is not even fair as they only instituted a speeding limit a few years ago, around the same time that they decided to hop on the 'open container law' band wagon. Yeah, that's right)
1 minor fender bender
1 much needed oil change

And that in a numeric nut shell is our trip.

But it was much more exciting than that.

Stay tuned for photos.