Portland → Austin

The route

1. PortlandOR

   origin

2. BoiseID

   3 nights · 52 recommendations, ≥4 confirmed

3. Salt Lake CityUT

   3 nights · 50 recommendations, ≥1 confirmed

4. Las VegasNV

   5 nights · 50 recommendations, ≥1 confirmed

5. PhoenixAZ

   3 nights · 47 recommendations, ≥1 confirmed

6. AlbuquerqueNM

   3 nights · 52 recommendations

7. Okla. CityOK

   3 nights · 52 recommendations, ≥5 confirmed

8. DallasTX

   3 nights · 52 recommendations, ≥3 confirmed

9. AustinTX

   anchor 177 nights

Portland and Austin are waypoints, not stops — where life happened rather than where the trip went. Their location history is deliberately not carried here.

What this chapter holds

Of those places, 13 were on the sourced guide, 42 on the self-made list, and 13 on neither. “On the self-made list” is an upper bound and “found” a floor — saves cannot be dated.

What it was about

Self-curated. No published guide existed for these cities at the time — every stop came off a list made beforehand, by hand. Counts are the whole trip's, read from the corpus-wide comparison rather than summed per city.

• Food51
• Coffee50
• Museums & history15
• Outdoors14
• Books11
• Horror & occult10
• Film7

How closely the list was followed

• Boise54.5% of the list52.9% of visits
• Salt Lake City58.8% of the list58.8% of visits
• Las Vegas33.3% of the list35.3% of visits
• Phoenix56.4% of the list51.2% of visits
• Albuquerque65.6% of the list47.7% of visits
• Okla. City22.2% of the list38.1% of visits
• Dallas42.9% of the list44.2% of visits

Where the days actually went

• The Flicks: Rick's Cafe Americain On my own list ×4
• Slow by Slow Coffee On the guide ×3
• Albertsons Stadium On my own list ×2
• Once and Future Books On the guide ×2
• Neckar Coffee On the guide ×2
• Flicks On my own list ×2
• United States Postal Service On my own list ×2
• Bar Gernika On the guide ×2
• Maverik Found there ×1
• Westside Drive In On my own list ×1
• Summum On the guide ×10
• Bambara Salt Lake City On my own list ×5
• Lilly E. Gray: Victim of the Beast On my own list ×4
• Alpha Coffee Cafe - Salt Lake City On my own list ×4
• Caputo's Market & Deli On my own list ×4
• Temple Square On my own list ×3
• Memory Grove Park On my own list ×3
• Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe On my own list ×2
• Beauty Lab + Laser On my own list ×2
• Name Droppers Resale Clothing On my own list ×2
• Out of the Blue On my own list ×2
• Oasis at Gold Spike On my own list ×9
• Baguette Cafe On my own list ×3
• Mothership Coffee Roasters Found there ×2
• Island Deli and Smoothie Bar Found there ×1
• Pinball Hall of Fame On the guide ×1
• Meow Wolf Las Vegas' Omega Mart On my own list ×1
• Firestone Complete Auto Care Found there ×1
• AAA Southwest Las Vegas Branch Found there ×1
• AAA Car Doctor Found there ×1
• The Laundry Room On my own list ×1
• The Coffee Builders On my own list ×7
• The Vig On my own list ×6
• AAA Phoenix East Thomas Auto Repair Center On my own list ×5
• 1st Ave Found there ×4
• Navajo Code Talker Memorial On my own list ×3
• Oak Street Murals On my own list ×2
• Heard Museum On the guide ×2
• Paradise Valley Found there ×2
• Arizona Falls On my own list ×2
• Tacos Chiwas On my own list ×2
• Peixoto Coffee On my own list ×2
• Maverik Found there ×7
• Twisters Burgers and Burritos On my own list ×4
• United States Postal Service Found there ×4
• Blackbird Coffee House On my own list ×3
• Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. On my own list ×3
• The Grove Cafe & Market On my own list ×3
• Mary & Tito's Cafe On my own list ×2
• Sawmill Market On my own list ×2
• Masks Y Mas On my own list ×2
• Elemental Coffee On the guide ×4
• Edge Craft Barbecue On my own list ×2
• Caboose Coffee Found there ×2
• Commonplace Books On the guide ×2
• Tucker's Onion Burgers On my own list ×2
• Shell Found there ×1
• The Floating Bookshop On my own list ×1
• Prelude Coffee Roasters On the guide ×1
• Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum On the guide ×1
• The Wild Detectives On the guide ×7
• Cindi's NY Deli & Restaurant On my own list ×6
• Museum of Illusions On my own list ×3
• Thanks-Giving Square On my own list ×3
• Pecan Lodge On my own list ×3
• United States Postal Service On my own list ×2
• Dallas Farmers Market On the guide ×2
• Mochas & Javas Found there ×2

Ranked by direction requests — the only measure of emphasis the export carries, and truncated to roughly the top ten per city, so this is where the days went most, not everywhere. Provenance is matched after the fact, not recorded at the time: the export has no per-item save timestamps and the lists were edited during the trips, so a place saved while standing in it cannot be told from one saved before leaving. “On my own list” is therefore an upper bound, and “found there” a floor.