Arriving home, on the left

This entry's title was what my GPS uttered as I pulled into a parking spot and brought to an end a trip that racked up 2255 miles driven. No, that number isn't missing a decimal point or featuring any typos.

Some other numbers:

-approximately 630 feet high (at the top of the Gateway Arch)

-147 minutes: amount of time I've now been in the state of Mississippi

-44 ounces: cupholder-unfriendly size of freely upgraded Diet Coke purchased with lunch at Sonic

-Thirteen days on the road (rounded up from 12.5)

-Nine states on the trip, including my home state

-Six destinations

-Five baseball games

-Four host homes

-Three Wendy's spicy chicken fillet sandwiches

-Two time zones

-Two new states visited (Alabama and Mississippi)

-Two movies seen in theaters

-Two hotels

-Two fast food prizes won (free soft drink at Wendy's, although likely only redeemable in Tennessee; free breakfast sandwich with specialty coffee purchase at McDonald's)

-One toll booth

-One FO

-One grateful traveler, for all of the kindness and generosity shown him during his trip