Number of photos in my phone gallery: 278
Number of photos on my camera: 519
Vacation photos the average person can tolerate viewing while still being polite: 8
Vacation photos my husband can tolerate: 3
Total days away from home: 14
Places visited: 5
Number of airport hours spent to fly 5.5 hours: 8
Additional time to get to and from the airport: 1 hour
Number of airport hours spent to fly 1.5 hours: 7
Additional time to get to and from the airport: 3 hours
Percentage of days I wore cute skirts and dresses so I wouldn’t look like a tourist: 100
Percentage of days I told people where I was from so they’d know I was a tourist: 100
Percentage of days I wore a silk scarf, despite record East Coast heat and humidity: 100
Average temperature outside the lava tube: 94°
Average temperature inside the lava tube: 42°
Percent of time spent fearing I’d die on the hike outside the lava tube: 16
Percent of time spent fearing I’d die on the hike inside the lava tube: 73
Percent of time spent denying my fear of death so my son wouldn’t be more afraid than he was: 99
Home-cooked meals with an old friend: 1
Home-cooked meals with people I’d never met before: 1
Home-cooked meals with family who live far away: 1
Number of restaurants with grasshoppers on the menu: 1
Number of times I ordered grasshoppers: 0
Unexpected opportunities to scritch a Black Labrador’s ears: 1
Unexpected opportunities to test out my cat allergies: 1
Vacation total of gin and tonics consumed: 1
Lifetime total of gin and tonics: 1
Average rate of flirtation from strangers received in a different city: daily
Usual flirtation rate in my home town in my usual life: 0
Percentage of time spent feeling like the luckiest person on the planet: 100
Percentage of time spent feeling my age: 0
Impressionist paintings visited: all
Number of pictures I took of impressionist paintings: 138
Number of days I visited Luncheon of the Boating Party: 4
Number of pictures I took of Luncheon of the Boating Party: 29
Number of pictures I took of me in front of Luncheon of the Boating Party: 2
Photography exhibits viewed: 2
Number of pictures I took of every photograph on display at the exhibits: 46
Number of times I saw the President board the Marine 1 helicopter from the White House front lawn: 1
Number of small children and short adults I stood in front of to get an unobstructed view of the helicopter landing and the President: 11
Number of times I told people I saw the President board the Air Force 1 Helicopter: untold
Number of times anyone corrected me: 0
Days after the event when I learned the correct name of the helicopter: 15
Number of times I felt lonely: 0
Number of times my son called homesick: 4
Number of times I could fix it: 0
Total days a banana remained unseen/unnoticed in my son’s suitcase: 7
Total days to air out scent of overripe banana: 2
In front of Renoir, Take 1
In front of Renoir, Take 2
Great post. Loved it! Glad you had a great trip.