P.S.

Here's one more road companion who hasn't been thanked yet: Dear old Carkey. He rolled across the continent without hesitation or complaint. And at the end, he barely smelled ripe at all.



travelled: 6,888 km

stuff removed in the Grand Cleanup of Carbage:

-1 bottle cold f/x, mostly gone, seemingly effective (no illness)
-parking chit from Heritage Marina Hotel, San Francisco
-receipt from La Loma Hotel on Route 66, Santa Rosa, where they promise wifi and don't deliver, but you can't complain for 41 dollars
-free pass to Acoma Sky City Pueblo museum
-camera permit for Acoma Sky City Pueblo, plus admission ticket
-fork (dirty)
-mini disc case (empty)
-complimentary Circus Circus, Las Vegas ballpoint pen
-"Don't Mess with Texas" sticker
-article ripped from NY times about surpise birthday party and May/September flirting
-tube generic lip balm
-phone card from Petrified Forest gift shop
-fragment of Reeses Pieces bag (peanut)
-ice scraper (retired)
-fragment of package of 'extra fine' chocolate
-bottle cap from Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
-photo of Sasha
-USA road atlas, rumpled, with one good rip
-GameTime programme for Hornets NBA game
-rental car offer from Circus Circus, Las Vegas
-New Mexico Pueblo Guide
-programme for Ansel Adams exhibit at Bellagio Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, and two tickets
-missing postcards for Texas and New Mexico (watch your mailboxes)
-the Oklahoma City 'Key' guide magazine
-official Missouri highway map
-Plaza Mall guide, Kansas City
-pamphlet for federal park pass
-map to Circus Circus Manor, Las Vegas
-map for Grand Canyon South Rim
-Arizona State Map
-map of Kansas City
-Illinois highway map
-official guide to Santa Rosa, NM
-Texas Travel Map
-1/2 jar Skippy natural peanut butter, 'no-stir' (!)
-missing power inverter for cigarette lighter
-1/3 jar beeswax boot weather proofer
-1 emergency sasquatch costume
-2/3 small bottle of arrowhead brand bottled water
-1/2 bottle spring water from the bottom of the Grand Canyon
-missing nalgene bottle, full of mystery water, possibly from Battle Creek
-Acoma Sky City Casino Very Important Player card for Colin C. MacKenzie
-disposable tupperware container with brownie crumbs
-'Explor St. Louis' magazine
-Kansas City restaurant guide, plus zoo directions card
-Grand Canyon activity guide
-bottle of pomegranate juice (empty)
-Lonely Planet USA, smeared with red mud of Oklahoma
-hiking boots caked with the red mud of the Grand Canyon
-2 AA batteries, still in package (score!)
-missing 1/2 bottle of cilantro and green chili salsa
-Strange Adventures coffee mug, insulated stainless steel coffee mug
-12 mix CDs
-missing CDs purchased in St. Louis - The Shins, Whining the Night Away; Strange Fruit Project, The Healing; Insides, Euphoria
-Jam: Jazz Ambassador Magazine
-package tops from beef jerky, Mission figs