Trip Summary

Miles Traveled: 8,627

U.S. States Visited: Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Vermont and Massachusetts

Mexican State Visited: Baja California

Canadian Provinces Visited: Ontario and Quebec

Restaurants Featured on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations: Willie Mae's Scotch House (New Orleans), Domilise's (New Orleans), Phillipe's (Los Angeles), Oklahoma Joe's (Kansas City), Schwartz's (Montreal), La Banquise (Montreal)

Restaurants Featured on Feasting on Asphalt: Mulate's (New Orleans), Big Fisherman (New Orleans), Old Country Store (Lorman, MS), Doe's Eat Place (Greenville, MS), White Front Cafe (Rosedale, MS), Interstate BBQ (Memphis), Wiles-Smith Drug Store (Memphis), The Whistle Stop (Frontenac, MN)

Restaurants Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate: Mother's (New Orleans), Payne's Barbecue (Memphis), Rendezvous (Memphis), Salt Lick (Austin, TX), Lotus of Siam (Las Vegas), Gates' Bar-B-Q (Kansas City)

Restaurant Featured on Man vs. Food: Matt's Bar (Minneapolis)

Day 16: Montreal, QC to Hamden, CT

Kamikaze Poutine at La Banquise (Montreal)

Back in Connecticut

Miles Traveled: 370

States Visited: Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut

Provinces Visited: Quebec

Day 15: Detroit, MI to Montreal, QC

Crossing the border for the second Saturday in a row. This time at Sarnia, ON.

Schwartz's (Montreal)

Miles Traveled: 630

States Visited: Michigan

Provinces Visited: Ontario and Quebec

Day 14: Madison, WI to Detroit, MI

Johnnie's Beef (Elmwood Park, IL)

Miles Traveled: 457

States Visited: Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan

Day 13: Melrose, MN to Madison, WI

Matt's Bar (Minneapolis) - Home of the "Jucy Lucy"

The Whistle Stop (Frontenac, MN)

Great River Road 

The Mississippi River about 800 miles north of where I last saw it in Memphis

Miles Traveled: 423

States Visited: Minnesota and Wisconsin

Day 12: Kansas City, MO to Melrose, MN

Arthur Bryant's (Kansas City)

Oklahoma Joe's (Kansas City) - the best barbecue ever is in a gas station

North Dakota - The 50th state I've been to.

Miles Traveled: 675

States Visited: Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota

Day 11: Grand Junction, CO to Kansas City, MO

Gates Bar-B-Q (Kansas City)

Miles Traveled: 874

States Visited: Colorado, Kansas and Missouri

Day 10: Las Vegas, NV to Grand Junction, CO

Miles Traveled: 512

States Visited: Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Colorado

Day 9: San Diego, CA to Las Vegas, NV

Cabazon Dinosaurs (as seen in Pee Wee's Big Adventure)

The desert

Me riding in the desert

Miles Traveled: 506

States Visited: California and Nevada

Day 8: San Diego, CA

No bike for most of the day, so I had to walk across

Mercado Hidalgo (Tijuana)

Mercado Hidalgo was recently on an episode of Bizarre Foods, but of the hundreds if not thousands of people I saw there, none appeared to be tourists.

Mercado Hidalgo

Tacos el Gordo - he's hard at work on my tongue taco

Mango with chili, lime and salt

Miles Traveled: 10

U.S. State Visited: California

Mexican State Visited: Baja California

Day 7: Las Cruces, NM to San Diego, CA (via Ensenada, Mexico)

Border Crossing at Tecate - no one even slowed me down as I drove through

Ensenada

Chilles Rellenos in Rosarito

Taco shop in Rosarito a few feet from where Kevin and I saw a cop kill a guy

Broken down at the border

Miles Traveled: 802

States Visited: New Mexico, Arizona and California

Mexican State Visited: Baja California

Day 6: Dallas, TX to Las Cruces, NM

Dealey Plaza, Dallas

Louie Mueller Barbecue (Taylor, TX) - amazing brisket

Miles Traveled: 835

States Visited: Texas and New Mexico

Day 5: Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX

Wiles-Smith Drug Store (Memphis, TN) 

I bought a hand-dipped ice cream cherry milkshake and some sunscreen at the Wiles-Smith Drug Store in Memphis.  The picture is of the porcupine mistaken for a nutria by Alton Brown on Feasting on Asphalt. 

Payne's pork sandwich - the best in Memphis, by far

Miles Traveled: 516

States Visited: Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas

Day 4: New Orleans, LA to Memphis, TN

Lorman Old County Store (as seen on Feasting on Asphalt)

Doe's Eat Place (as seen on Feasting on Asphalt)

White Front Cafe (as seen on Feasting on Asphalt)

Mississippi River from Memphis toward Arkansas

Beale Street

Miles Traveled: 485

States Visited: Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee