Boston to Austin

Final statistics and notes on the drive

• Starting time: 6:45am on Friday, August 15
• Ending time: 7:15pm (approximately) on Monday, August 18
• Google Maps’ estimated miles for my trip: 2,453
• Actual total miles driven: 2,536.7
• Day 1 miles: 717.5
• Day 2 miles: 705.5
• Day 3 miles: 708.7
• Day 4 miles: 404.7
• 13 states I drove through and/or stopped in (new states for me in bold): Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
• Top driving speed: My mother is reading this blog, so better not say
  
• Number of speeding tickets: 0
• Number of parking tickets: 1
• Number of state trooper cars I saw while driving through New York State: 12 (estimate)
• Number of cop cars I saw after leaving New York State: 4 (guess)
• Number of corn fields I passed: 1,726
• Coolest name of town I saw: Stella (Nebraska)
• Number of dropped calls: 12 (estimate) — thanks, AT&T!
• Social media pals I met up with: 9