It Was All Relative

My BBL achieved her XXth birthday last week. On her short “wish” list was a desire to visit family by taking a roadtrip to roam the Northwestern reaches of Chicago-land & /Northern Indiana capped with a stop in St. Louis.. The caveat (and I think her real birthday wish) was that she wanted me to chauffeur her! So we packed up the Mighty Mercury Montego and racked up some impressive stats:

2443 total miles
219 hours away (start to finish)
200 tollbooths (it seemed like that many!)
87 gallons of gas
53 average miles per hour (not 83 as originally posted!)
46 hours (behind the wheel)
28 average miles per gallon
Resulting in visits with:
1 Father (in-law)
1 Mother (in-law)
1 Son
1 Doctor (SO)
1 Step-Cousin
3 Brothers (in-law)
3 Sisters (in-law)
5 Nephews (in-law)
6 Nieces (in-law)
6 Spouses of brothers/sisters/niece (in-law)
7 Pets (in-law?)
Or:
28 family members visited (excluding pets)
87 miles driven per relative
199 ounces of gas consumed per relative
469 minutes away from home per relative . . .

But who’s counting? It was a priceless experience.