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Sunday, August 20, 2006

The Trip, by numbers

Hours in the car: 38
Provinces visited: 4 (AB, SK, MB, ON)
States visited: 6 (ND, MN, WI, IL, IN, MI)
Different beds slept in: 7
Total amount paid to Chicago toll booths: $5.80 (US)
Total amount to cross the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit to Winsdor: $4.00 (CDN)
Hours of listening to crazy Evangelical preachers in the Fargo area: way too many.
Scary, scary stops at scary ghetto gas stations outside Chicago where a scary guy who must have been a pimp was driving a scary Snoop Dogg-style car with hydroulics: 1 (and that was enough).
Minutes shopped at the mall of America: 45
Distance in miles from the Mall to our hotel: 0.5 (or 1/2 if you're American)
Number of kilometers in a mile: 1.6 or so.
Number of vicars who were relieved to arrive in Windsor: 1
Number of vicars who are seriously excited about Detroit sporting events such as Lions and Tigers (and Chicago bears, oh my!) :1
Number of vicars who did an awesome job on their first Sunday in Windsor: 1
Square footage of our kitchen countertop: 2'x2'. That's it.
Number of orange cats that are happy to be with their Mommy and Daddy: 1


4 Comments:

Blogger kari-o said...

Hi DIxie! You brave girl. Did you beat up on the other cats? If there were snakes on your plane, no one would have to worry because you'd wreck them all.

August 23, 2006 11:07 a.m.  
Blogger nat said...

I neglected to add the most impressive stat from our trip:
total number of kilometers traveled: 3, 287

ps: dixie totally would have taken care of any snakes on the plane.

August 24, 2006 8:59 a.m.  
Blogger A J Craig said...

That is an awesome picture, the cat looks sooooo happy! Holy mackeral that sounds like an amazingly long and awesome trip

August 30, 2006 9:43 a.m.  
Blogger the hammer said...

Priceless!

j ><>

August 30, 2006 9:59 a.m.  

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