The numbers you've been wondering about...plus more from Ptown

...from our coast to coast and back again collecting trip, these just in, drum roll please...

nights in motels                    23
nights camping                      2
lodging costs              1,361.20

miles driven                     7,539

miles driven by Marie            0

breakdowns                           1

accidents/tickets                     0

mishaps on levees                  2

fuel costs                    2,326.37
food costs                      965.26
cheapest motel                 52.08
most exp motel                99.51
bed bugs                                0
arguments/snit fits                  0
and best of all...
specimens collected           724!

...and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

And now, some more roadside floral attractions in Ptown.

This doesn't belong but I just had to include it.  No retouching, this is for real.  No lie.