Here's the most simple interesting fact about our trip so far --- how many will be with us at each segment. Things may change if I get more current information, but for now it looks like this:

#19 Crescent. Northeast cities to ATL: 9 people, 8 rooms

ATLANTA activities: 13 people

#19 Crescent, ATL-NOL: 12 people, 10 rooms

NEW ORLEANS activities: 14 people

#58 City of New Orleans, NOL-MEM: 12 people, 7 rooms. Of the 12 people: 10 in sleepers, 2 currently in coach.

MEMPHIS activities: 11 people (10 at dinnertime)

#58 City of New Orleans, MEM-CHI: 9 people, 8 rooms

CHICAGO unofficial activities: 11 people but there is talk of splitting into different activities.

And now not part of the real Fest but newsworthy: Cardinal refugees now on the Capitol Limited: 4 people in 4 rooms, all CHI-WAS

Total number of participants: 16

Home states represented:

New Jersey: 4
Pennsylvania: 2
Michigan: 2
New York: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Illinois: 1
Texas: 1
Ohio: 1
Missouri: 1
Tennessee: 1
Georgia: 1
Louisiana: 0
Finally, the numbers in Note 1 were updated in red where there was a change in the past week.

Updates in early hours of 7/15/11 shown in blue. Number of people and rooms on the second Crescent (ATL-NOL) adjusted.

Also we lost one person, so total participants adjusted along with elimination of the state.