{"id":400,"date":"2014-07-07T14:08:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T14:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/?p=400"},"modified":"2014-07-07T14:08:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T14:08:23","slug":"thats-all-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/thats-all-folks\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#039;s all, folks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-379\" src=\"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-15.59.08-HDR-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"View from Lincoln Park Zoo\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><br \/>\nAnd that wraps up our epic road trip adventures! We are currently relaxing at Jeffrey&#8217;s uncle Rob&#8217;s house (thanks again to Rob and Maureen for hosting the party and letting us stay here!).<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll be leaving in a bit to take a wonderfully short one hour drive into Manhattan, where will we return our bug-covered rental car (seriously, so many dead bugs &#8211; I hope there is a bug heaven) and then settle in to our Airbnb apartment in Brooklyn.<br \/>\nThe end of this road trip feels pretty surreal. The time just flew by. Here are some helpful statistics!<br \/>\nGeneral:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Number of states crossed:<\/strong> 12 (California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hours driven:<\/strong> 61<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best\u00a0accommodations:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/rooms\/1334715\">&#8220;The M&#8221;<\/a> in St. Louis (Airbnb room and unofficial Mac museum)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best\u00a0gateway town to a giant national park:<\/strong> <a title=\"Day 2: Screw Vegas, go to Williams instead\" href=\"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/day-2-screw-vegas-go-to-williams-instead\/\">Williams, Arizona<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Best detour:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petrified_Forest_National_Park\">Petrified Forest National Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Most beautiful destination:<\/strong> <a title=\"Day 3: The Grand Canyon certainly is (Grand)\" href=\"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/day-3-the-grand-canyon-certainly-is-grand\/\">The Grand Canyon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Most beautiful drive:<\/strong> Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best audiobook:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/A-Short-History-Nearly-Everything\/dp\/076790818X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Short History of Nearly Everything<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Most cornfields:<\/strong> Ohio<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friendliest people:<\/strong> St. Louis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most adventurous day:<\/strong> <a title=\"Day 7: Walk, don\u2019t drive\" href=\"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/day-7-walk-dont-drive\/\">Day 7 in Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Best pun:<\/strong> Unburritable, a Mexican food restaurant along historic stretch of Route 66 in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tucumcari,_New_Mexico\">Tucumcari, New Mexico<\/a> (closed, along with half of the town)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Food and drink:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best unplanned meal:<\/strong> Sandwiches at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/stoken-donuts-and-deli-mojave-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stoken Donuts and Deli<\/a> in Mojave<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best fancy meal:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/blackbirdrestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackbird<\/a> in Chicago<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best not-fancy meal:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bogartssmokehouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bogart&#8217;s Smokehouse<\/a> in St. Louis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best snack:<\/strong> Brown butter pretzels with chipotle cheese dipping sauce at <a href=\"http:\/\/sanctuariastl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sanctuaria<\/a> in St. Louis.\n<ul>\n<li>Honorary mention: Tomato soup at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pizzologyindy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pizzology<\/a> in Carmel, Indiana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best breakfast:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bouchonbistro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bouchon Bistro<\/a> in Las Vegas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best adult beverage:<\/strong> Blood orange margarita at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfshed.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Shed<\/a> in Santa Fe<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best excuse to take an elevator up 96 floors:<\/strong> Cocktails at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.signatureroom.com\/TheSignatureLounge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Signature Lounge<\/a> in Chicago<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best dessert:<\/strong> Bittersweet chocolate pudding at Blackbird in Chicago<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best burger served on an english muffin:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diabloburger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diablo Burger<\/a> in Flagstaff<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best pizza in suburbia:<\/strong> Pizzology in Carmel, Indiana<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best pizza in not-suburbia:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loumalnatis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lou Malnati&#8217;s<\/a> in Chicago<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best side dish:<\/strong> TIE &#8211; Street corn from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiccowboystl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atomic Cowboy<\/a> in St. Louis, mac and cheese from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cattlemensrestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cattlemen&#8217;s<\/a> in Oklahoma City<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biggest gut bomb:<\/strong> Grilled cheese sandwiches at <a href=\"http:\/\/meltbarandgrilled.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melt<\/a> in Columbus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And that wraps up our epic road trip adventures! We are currently relaxing at Jeffrey&#8217;s uncle Rob&#8217;s house (thanks again to Rob and Maureen for hosting the party and letting us stay here!). We&#8217;ll be leaving in a bit to take a wonderfully short one hour drive into Manhattan, where will we return our bug-covered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeffreyandanna.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}