After being on the road (again) for 10 days, I feel the need to give a shout-out to my travel companion / photographer / driver Jim Heemstra. Since November 2011, we have traveled to 27 states and logged 16,002 miles on eight rental cars – and for every mile, Jim has been behind the wheel. It seems sort of amazing to me that with all those miles:
A) We have not received a moving violation
B) We have yet to receive a parking ticket
C) We have not been involved in any sort of vehicular altercation (not even one teeny scratch)
D) Not one of our rental cars has broken down
I will admit we have become lost dozens of times, even with redundant systems of navigation (Mapquest, GPS, and regular old maps on my lap at all times), although considering that I am the Chief Navigator I guess I should take at least partial responsibility for this.
We have also been lucky that of our 18 flights, not one has been cancelled, late, or even slightly turbulent.
That’s something to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
On the road 
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