Observations after 2.5 weeks - from Shawnee, OK

• Photos do no justice to the beauty of the western US
• We are losing track of the days of the week
• Park rangers are cute
• People are friendly and helpful
• Old friends make life rich
• We are acquiring meaningful works of art
• We have driven over 3800 miles and taken 725 pictures
• Rob ate a brain taco and Frito pie
• We watched World Cup soccer in Portland, Los Osos, San Diego, Williams and Rio Rancho
• Our bumper is getting covered up by stickers
• We saw a beautiful live bull elk and a dead armadillo
• Europeans love the western US
• We are pretty sure we know why the Sonics are now called the Thunder
• We love our iTrip
• Humidity makes us nostalgic
• We need a car air freshener