Tom and Scott are both in Manhattan, where they compare Tom’s road trip to the first moon walk. Scott would love to take a road trip too, but he proposes a giant Sidewalk Across America to let the pedestrian share the joy of cross country travel.

Tom’s historic cross country road trip takes him to wondrous Pittsburgh, the last stop before he arrives at his home in New York. Scott hails Tom as the new Ponce deLeon, and we speculate that the famed explorer found the Fountain of Youth, and is alive and well running a bar called Ponce’s Place in Florida.

In a historic first, Tom and Scott are joined by a very special guest. Tom’s sister Betsy, an indispensable part of the show is actually on the show from Libertyville with Tom, and Scott is in San Antonio.

After Tom’s kayaking expedition in Boise, Tom and Scott stress the difference between wearing a puffy life vest versus a heavy, weighted one. The answer won’t surprise you.

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Tom’s in Boise and Scott’s in the Palm Springs area, where they come up with the $3 trillion idea to make customized sounds for electric cars. Even some that make pedestrians and fellow drivers laugh.

The first episode where both Tom and Scott are not at their homes. Tom goes to Mecca, which in this case is a nearly empty diner in Seattle. And Scott is in Los Angle Less, the way it’s pronounced in 1953 travelogues.

Tommy is on Day 3 of his epic road trip and he regales Scott with his on the road experiences, live from Eugene, Oregon. Plus, why DWE(Driving While Eating is legal, and may be praised when a cop pulls you over. And we hope those same policemen will use their loudspeaker to praise Tommy for observing the speed limit.

We’d like to see more government mandates, like Dressed to the Nines Saturday, when formal wear produced by our finest manufacturers will be provided to every American. Which would fit in perfectly with our vision of “Resortism”, where everyone works two weeks a year, and spends the rest of their time in government paid all inclusive luxury resorts.

As we begin to travel again, our focus is on earning miles and points in airline and hotel loyalty programs. But what we also need is a National Points System, a WPA-like way to earn points for worthy everyday activities as well as for bad things that you don’t do.

Tommy’s leisurely road trip through several cities from LA to NYC, is now a race against time as he must get to his niece’s graduation from Boise High School on May 27. Scott’s breakthrough travel planning prepares Tommy for various scenarios that can be turned into a major motion picture.