US Trip Summary

2008-09-11

Updated: 2010-11-25

Summary of trip to the United States 2008-08-26 - 2008-09-09.

Best Travel Tip	Renting Hertz cars in Sweden via hertz.se. Much, much cheaper than going via hertz.com.
Distance Driven
Texas	1230 mi
California	2298 mi
Total	3528 mi (5677 km)
Average Fuel Economy	34 mpg
Radio Stations
Most Listened	"The Boombox", Sirius Radio, channel 34 [a]
Most Disturbing (1)	Family Radio, for stressing a sectlike exact adherence to... what? Like the Bible didn't need interpretation.
Most Disturbing (2)	KEGL The Eagle (Dallas) for having commercials for: Debt relief [b], auto repair, beer, herbal aphrodisiacs and strip clubs and not much else. I don't know what it means when you listen to a station where such ads apparently work on the listeners - and like it.
Photos
Shot	3020
Saved	1926 (4.15 GB)
Worst Hotel	Motel 6, Stockton I-5 exit Benjamin Holt Dr. Any hotel with young latinos in matching clothes sitting on the stairs waiting for... something... is a hotel I don't recommend.
Best Pizza	Pizza Guys [c], Stockton I-5 exit Benjamin Holt Dr right opposite Motel 6. Maybe the latinos above were waiting for pizza? It sure was worth waiting for.
Best Hotel	The Tides Inn [d], Laguna Beach
Best Cheap-Ass Hotel	Dana Point Harbor Inn [e]. (The only place with WiFi that actually works.)
Best Winery	Wilson Creek [f]
Prettiest Stretch of Road	Highway 299
Most Boring Drive	Interstate 5 north
Longest Stretch Without Food Because I Just Can't Be Bothered With Eating When I'm In Yosemite And Have Photos To Take	44 hours
Best Restaurant
After 44 Hours Without Food	Souplantation / Sweet Tomatoes [g] (easy win due to all-you-can-eat buffet and unlimited refills)
For Brunch	Ramos House Cafe [h]
For a Night Out	The Melting Pot, Irvine [i]

Links

2008-09-11, updated 2010-11-25

Kymlinge Panorama

Wilson Creek Winery