Epilogue II

After many requests, we decided to report the final statistics for views of our blog pages.  I was gratified that “You shouldn’t let other people get your kicks for you” was # 1 on the Northern Trip with Garret’s “73 Candles, Barolo, and Birthday, and Butte” a close second.  Garret’s spectacular “Reflection and Distillation” remains # 1 from the Southern Trip with “Save the Last Dance” from me second.  Honors are even – of course we are not competitive!     Surprisingly, in view of our Anglo-Irish heritage, Japan came in as # 2 for overall visits to the blog pages.  This must be a testament to our former Japanese fellows and postodcs, who must have faithfuly followed our torturous jounrey across the USA (thanks Seon Hwa and Tomo!).  Ireland came third followed closely by Romania (thanks to Clementima, her Mother, and Sister).  There were an astonishing 20,207 views from 48-countries (as of October 20) including the European Union, wherever that is.  Welcome Paraguay and Aruba! Thanks to all of you for following along – we will be dining out on our adventures for many years to come.

Ian and Garret