Road Trip Summary, Day 15 of 56:

 

Miles driven: 2,561

 

National Parks etc visited: 5

 

Small rock chips in windshield wisely fixed: 1

 

Number of days afterwards before another rock hit windshield and caused large crack: 2

 

Mph I was driving one day later when large deer jumped in front of me at 9:35pm: 68

 

Number of cars that passed me in the middle of nowhere while I waited an hour for highway patrol: 1

 

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Turns out it's not a good idea to hit a large deer. In the middle of nowhere. In pitch-black night. Driving a tiny MINI Cooper. Alone. And less than a third of the way through an 8-week solo roadtrip.

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Luckily, the good kind people of Dubois, Wyoming gave me a place to stay, taped up the broken bits, and offered so much love and kindness that hope was renewed and fears allayed. And none of the creeper night-walking men who lurked around my car upon arrival, seemed to be around once daylight hit.

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(more to come)