So my BF and I made it to SoCal finally. Haven't posted in this thread since because I've been mostly Pokemon GO-ing with friends and family while relaxing after a long 3.5 day 36-hour drive through 8 states. Let's just I will never do back to back 10, 8, 9, 8, and 6-hour road trips back-to-back ever again.
Albuquerque was a MESS. I'd post pictures of the hotel I booked but they're gross as heck. Ended up sleeping in a casino parking lot after that fiasco (didn't trust that place). But the other hotels in St. Louis, Oklahoma City, and Phoenix were gorgeous.
So nice to be back with family and friends again. Farewell, Michigan, it was nice knowing ya.