Final Stats (For my records):

Days: 19
Miles Traveled: 4230
Cash Spent: ~1900
States Visited (13): Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts
Bird Species (58):

House Sparrow

Starling

American Crow

N Cardinal

W. Breasted Nuthatch

Catbird

Song Sparrow

King Fisher

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Rosebreasted Grosbeak

Red Eyed Vireo

Am. Goldfinch

Robin

E. Phoebe

Turkey Vulture

R. Tailed Hawk

R. Winged Blackbird

Great Blue Heron

Mourning Dove

Chiney Swift

Indigo Bunting

Killdeer

Rock Dove

Blue Jay

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Pileated Woodpecker

Mocking Bird

Red- Bellied Woodpecker

Mallard Duck

E. Blue Bird

Barn Swallow

Canada Goose

D. Crested Cormorant

Ring Billed Gull

Wild Turkey

White Throated Sparrow

Herring Gull

Osprey

Black Backed Gull

Cedar Waxwing

Common Loon

Common Tern

Black Guillemout

Common Yellow Throat

Hairy Woodpecker

Hermit Thrush

Raven

Dark Eyed Junco

Bald Eagle

Great Egret

Semi-Palmated Sandpiper

Rough Winged Swallow

Little Blue Heron

Greater Yellow Legs

Mute Swan

Snowy Egret

Brown Thrasher

License Plates (47) All except: Hawaii, Mississippi, and Montana!
Plus: 

British Columbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Thursday 8/1 (Day 19)- Home again!
     Woke up early from my cheap motel in Toledo, OH to get a good jump on the day. Made Chicago by late morning and sat in traffic for damn near an hour over a 15 mile stretch. I've heard on facebook before someone trying to say Minneapolis traffic was worse than Chicago. There is no argument here. That is just wrong. End of discussion. Other than that, this was simply a driving day. Stopped in Elgin, IL for a shakeout run after getting through Chicago. It was nice enough. Glad to be home!

Miles: 654
States: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Bird species: Brown Thrasher

Wednesday 7/31 (Day 18)- Headed Home
     Woke up and hit the road. I wanted to cover as many miles as possible to make tomorrow's drive shorter. Took a pit stop in Canastota, NY to run along the Erie canal. Gotta love the "bicycle" layer on the goggle map function. I found a crap load of good running paths this trip with the help of that thing. The legs were tired, but is was at least an interesting run along the old canal. Not much else to say for the day other than some random jottings

-Screw Tollroads
-Cleveland looked nice
-Northern Ohio doesn't look as pretty as Southern Ohio

Day High: That much closer to home
Day Low: Holy legs are shot

Stats:
Miles: ~600
States: New York, Ohio
License Plates: Alaska, Idaho, Tennessee

Tuesday 7/30 (Day 17) - Race Day
     Slept in again as the race wasn't until 6 that evening. Left my hotel in Salem, NH and headed for Newburyport to bum around until the race. I checked out their running store (very cool), and bought some good New England beer to bring back too. I also went to the Maritime museum which was the old customs house in the citie's port days. It was a good way to learn a lot about the history of the city. For lunch, I went out to the Parker River Wildlife Refuge which was the barrier island. I ate lunch overlooking the ocean, then bird watched some of the salt marshes (very nerdy). I ended up seeing a lot of cool species, including a few I had never seen before. I even wish I could have had more time. I would definitely go back.
     The race sucked. The course was great, the competition was there, but I just didn't have it. I opened way too fast, thinking there was no way that there could possibly be that many guys opening that fast. I ran through in a 5:02 probably 15 seconds back from the lead group. Needless to say, I didn't hang on too well. When I hit the hills on the second half of the loop, I was cashed. A very awful 54:55, 2.5 minutes off of where I thought I could be. Damn
     Hit the road as soon as I was done cooling down and made Albany for the night. Happy to be headed home!

Day high: Oddly enough- Bird Watching in the refuge
Day low: It's never fun to blow up in a race

Stats:
Miles: ~210
States: Massachusetts, New York
Birds: Bald Eagle, Great Egret, Semi-Palmated Sandpiper, Rough Winged Swallow, Little Blue Heron, Greater Yellow Legs, Mute Swan, Snowy Egret
License Plates: N/A 

Monday 7/29 (Day 16)- Leaving Acadia
     Today was another travel day. I took a leisurely exit to Acadia, eating breakfast at the free-will donation cafe/soup kitchen, and climbing around the rocks at low tide one last time. It was probably noon by the time I actually left the island. On the way to Newburyport, I stopped at LL Bean's flagship store as suggested by M and D. Too many damn people. Place was a zoo. I went into the store for 5 minutes to use the bathroom, looked at a couple shirts, then booked it out of there.
     I arrived in Newburyport around 5 and did my pre-race run along the course. It is a really cool town. Very old, lots of brick buildings, and right at the mouth of a river on the ocean. I found a motel roughly 25 miles from the place (camping was sparse here!) and chilled out for the rest of the evening.

Day High: One last morning enjoying the Acadia coast
Day Low: Laundry in Newburyport- all my running clothes had gotten soaked from the night before, and I had to cram them in a bag when I left. Kind of a waste of time, but they didn't smell so good after sitting wet in a bag for 12 hours.

Stats:
Miles: ~268
States: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
License Plates: N/A
Bird Species: Dark Eyed Junco

Sunday 7/28 (Day 15) - More Rain in Acadia
     Got up at 7 this morning for the Birds of Acadia hike. It ended up kind of sucking. Within 5 minutes of the talk, I realized that I was one of the best bird watchers there as many didn't have bird books and a few didn't even have binoculars. We spent 45 minutes in the parking lot with the guy going over how to focus, how to look up birds, things to look for ect. A waste of time after making myself get up early. Nothing we ended up seeing were things that I couldn't have seen in Minnesota. That said, I tried to focus on his teach techniques which was beneficial to some extent.
     Went up Cadillac Mtn for a lunch and a good view. Within minutes after getting up there, fog started rolling in killing the view! There is lots of fog here. I still had my lunch and walked around a little.
     The rain started in again after lunch; just in time for my run. I did another stretch of carriage paths. The legs were definitely tired today after logging a lot of miles the last few days.
     Dinner was for sure the highlight. I was back at the supply store for my paid shower (with a lot of quarters this time) and decided to pick up a 6 pack of beer. I got to talking to the guy and asked him where a good place to get a reasonable lobster meal would be. "Right here", he said. I said, no, with sit down, but they had a screened in porch on the side! I ordered a lobster with damn near every side they had on the menu (potato salad, coleslaw, clam chowder) and his wife got working on the lobster. All of it was homemade! They were fine with me cracking open my 6-Pack, so I sat, enjoying the evening, drinking Maine beer and eating lobster! Not to slow down too much, I threw in a slice of her homemade blueberry pie for dessert. After tip, I think it was $30. Hell of a deal.
     After dinner, I checked out the "Head" light house, crawled around on the rocks for a little, then headed back to the campsite to read and sleep. More rain, but still a solid day on the island.

Day High: Dinner at Mom and Pop's place
Day Low: Fog on Mt. Cadillac? Are you kidding me?
Stats
Miles: ?
States: Maine
License Plates:
Bird Species: Common Yellow Throat, Hairy Wood Pecker, Hermit Thrush, Raven

Saturday 7/27 (Day 14) - Acadia in sun!
     Woke up early again with a campsite in mind. This time I was good to go. Got a walk-in site for $14/night and headed to the harbor cruise I had signed up for. The boat ride was great. It was around some of the islands and out to "Isleford" a small town on one of the islands. The trip was lead by a park ranger and one of the captains was a good bird watcher so I chatted it up with him a bit. We ended up seeing harbor seals, tons of ospreys, and Common Guillemot. The sun started coming out to make for an awesome day.
     After lunch, I went to "South Beach" for a cold swim in the ocean. Think Lake Superior in late July. The waves were huge! Like 7 foot swells sometimes. I did a little body surfing, but it was so cold that it was hard to stand for very long.
     Completed another run on the carriage paths and went for my shower at the nearby camping supply general store. There are no showers at Seawall. I walked in with 5 quarters thinking that surely it wouldn't cost more than that. A quick glance at the sign read (to me) 1 quarter for 2 minutes. I plugged in my 4 (it took 4 a time) and was taking my sweet time, enjoying the hot water, and rinsing out the running stuff. Next door, I could hear this poor dad and some kid screaming and refusing to shower. Poor timing in a paid shower. The other compliant kid had commented on how it had almost rinsed off with that set of quarters and I was thinking to myself, how slow can these guys be? 8 minutes for a dollar. Slowly it dawned on me that the 4 quarters wasn't for 8 minutes but for 2! I had misread the damn sign. It was $1 for two minutes. And I had brought no other quarters. I kicked it into high gear and suds-ed everything down as fast I could, knowing I had already wasted a lot of time. It turned out I had about 20 seconds left, I was still trying to rinse when the thing turned off on me. Like a chump, I was scooping water up as it drained to try to get the last bits of suds off. Lesson learned.
    Dinner was mac n cheese again along with a healthy supply of Maine brewed beer. A great day in Acadia. Fantastic weather. I couldn't have asked for much more.

Day high: An awesome swim at the South Beach
Day low: Paid showers? Are you kidding me?
Stats:
Miles: ?
States: Maine
License Plates: Alabama
Bird Species: White Throated Sparrow, Herring Gull, Osprey, Black Backed Gull, Cedar Waxwing, Common Loon, Common Tern, Black Guillemout