Things We Learned

1. There are few non-smoking areas in Mississippi.
2. You can buy bagels almost anywhere.
   
3. Most people sleep later than we do. Most people go to bed later than we do.
4. It's wise to gas up at half a tank in the west.
5. Concrete block campground bathrooms double as tornado shelters. (We did not learn this first-hand.)
6. Powdered milk works fine on cereal.
7. Ice cream sandwiches are cheapest in Utah: 55 cents at the grocery store in Fort Garland.
   
8. Most of the time you don't need tent pegs.
9. Block ice lasts a lot longer than cubes.
10. Doing most westbound driving in the mornings (and eastbound in the afternoons) is easier on the eyes.
11. Librarians are unfailingly helpful.
12. Small items get lost easily.
13. Cell phones work just about everywhere.
14. Euros and Japanese do most of the hiking in national parks.
15. Mourning doves and vultures are everywhere.
16. AAA maps sometimes show ferries that don't exist.
17. Gasoline is most expensive in New York, California and North Carolina.
18. You can survive without a daily shower. (This was not summer.)
    
19. In California they put the definite article before the highway number: the 101, rather than 95 or Route 6.
20. April at Lake Tahoe is still winter.
21. Beware the chicken-fried steak.

-DJN