What a trip. I’m so thankful for all the support from all my friends and family during my 8000 mile journey. The memories will last forever since I’ve uploaded the trip to the internet. SkyNet can remind me of what I did when they are taking over the world after Sarah Conner fails
Stats:
- 23 states
- 5 National Parks:
- Yellowstone
- Grand Teton
- Lassen Volcanic
- Petrified Forest
- Gateway Arch
- 9 National Monuments / Memorials:
- Mount Rushmore
- Jewel Cave
- Devils Tower
- Little Bighorn Battlefield
- Oregon Trail
- Lewis and Clark Historical Park
- Lake Mead
- Hoover Dam
- Oklahoma City Memorial
- Trail of Tears
- and many other National / State forest, parks, trails…
- 15 new locations for a Slurpee
- 95 postcards mailed
- Stood on
- The corner of South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa
- The corner of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
- The corner of Winslow, AZ
- 11 Film / TV locations visited:
- The Goonies
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Kindergarten Cop
- National Treasure 2
- North by Northwest
- Cars
- Deadwood
- Breaking Bad
- Better Call Saul
- Gone Girl
- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
- 9 State Capitals
- 1200 pictures and videos
- 163 selfies
- 14 cities where I stayed the night over 23 days
- 260 gallons of gas
- Temperatures ranged from 29° to 105°
- 2 bears caught on camera
- No COVID-19
How do I know? I’ve been back now over 14 days and yesterday I had a COVID-19 immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody test completed. The results were negative. I’m not going to get into the science of what these tests show but if you would like more information: https://www.labcorp.com/antibody-testing.
Lastly, just use common sense. I was “wearing a mask” cool before it was cool. I did it in front of 9,314 people at work. I wore a mask for 3 months after the 1st transplant and 6 months after the 2nd transplant! I was scared, embarrassed, ashamed and anxious over wearing it. I was asked multiple times, “What’s wrong with you? Are you sick?” I would reply, “Yes, but I’m getting better.” Was I sarcastic to some people? Oh hell yes. It was not me getting you sick back then, it was you possibly getting me sick. Now it’s the other way around as we are working to stop the spread.
Be cool, wear a mask.
Enjoy the Show 