It's Monday, and everyone that hasn't figured out how to work their county for a weekly check and some food stamps had to get up and go to work today.    We slept in - at least until our social worker arrived for her monthly "survey" to determine our suitability for employment.  Trust us when we tell you that even though we did have jobs at one time, we NEVER were suitable for employment.   Once she was satisfied that no employer would hire Stacy with her mysterious attendance "issues," or Kevin with his chronic ah.....er.....ah....flatulance problem, she climbed back into her 1999 Ford Tarus and left us to our own devices (or our own "vices" as the case may be).

Its been a little over a week since we finished the two month "Ride Around America for Beer" (remember, we did it for the children!) and we figured it was time to let you all in on some of the statistics of the ride.   The numbers are boring, but important - so, PAY ATTENTION HERE!

                                             Total Miles:                               10,872
                                             States Visited:                          31 
                                             Gallons of Gas:                        266
                                             Total Cost of Gas:                   $842.10
                                             Nights at EconoLodges:         nine (9)
                                             Nights at Super8's:                 six (6)
                                             Nights at Friends' Houses:    nineteen (19)
                                             "Lost" Nights:                           unknown - that's why they're "lost!"
                                             Salads at McDonalds:              29
                                             Gallons of Beer (estimated):   172 (but this is only what we can remember)

In the end, they're just numbers... but then again so are lotto picks - and look what they're worth!  We had no bike breakdowns on the trip (other than a $2 bolt for a footpeg in Mississppi).  We changed the oil in Boston and got new tires in Sturgis, but now it's time for a little work on the Harley.  Change all the fluids, tear down the upper end and, most importantly, replace the main chaincase gasket that has been leaking on our frontroom floor since we got home.   What can we say, Mondays are slow days, but tomorrow is Tuesday, which is really the "hump" day between Monday and Wednesday, so it'll be time to PARTY!

                                                      SLOW DAY - ONLY TWO PHOTOS TODAY!
        
This leak is gonna ruin our front room concrete!          Just our luck after eating 1,000 wedges of Laughing Cow!