Home Sweet Home!

After two long days of driving, I arrived home today at 5:00. It is good to be home, but at the same time I had a great trip. I intended for this adventure to be a learning experience for future trips. I could learn what I like and what I don't like. And I did.
 In the last two weeks I have spent nearly sixty hours driving my car. Lets see what I learned in that time!
1. Quality of drivers...wester=better!
2. Indiana has the worst roads. The "new" roads, still jet black, are falling apart. If you put up flashing signs that say "watch out, our roads suck!" Then you don't need to fix them.
3. People out west understand the concept of drive on the right, pass on the left, this may be due to the hundreds of signs they erect that spell that out and tell you it is the law. Ohioans have never heard of this.
4. A speed limit out west of 75 mph is really nice.....unless you are in the mountains in the dark.
5. A 2007 Lexus IS 250 is not a mountain car.
6. Don't allow bees to enter your vehicle while driving in the mountains.
7. The half life of paranoia once your car breaks down, is about one week.
8. People speed much less when the speed limit is 75.
9. Nothing exists between Topeka Kansas and Denver.
10. Apparently there are these things called time zones that can mess up your arrival predictions.
11. A 20 year old is able to sleep all night and then continue to sleep an entire 12 hour drive.
12. Do not try to pass four wheel drive trucks with campers, they don't like it.
13. Sinclair gas stations still exist, with the green dinosaur and everything.
14. The toll road around Denver charges you automagically based on a picture of your license plate, I am told it is $20!
15. If a national park is having a slow day, nobody sits in the booth and collects the fee.
16. Get AAA if you are traveling. Paid for itself in one trip.
17. Kansas must be part of the Bible Belt, because it is hot as hell there.
18. Ohio has the most impressive "Welcome to our state" sign, hands down.
19. " Falling Rocks" signs are all a bunch of hype, never saw a darn thing fall!
20. And lastly...every single car will stop to take a picture of a bear and her cubs.