We Made it Home!

Well actually we have been home now for a couple of weeks. By the time we made it home I was not feeling too good, was too tired and just too lazy to finalize the trip posts. So here we go...

21,039 Miles Total

Some stats from the trip:

6 months on the road
26 states
4 provinces
8 border crossings
21,039 miles traveled
13.25 mpg-pretty good pulling a 4,000 lb trailer
2 great family weddings
Reconnected with friends and family from 20+ years ago
Met a lot of great locals
Saw an incredible amount of the beauty in CN and the US

So give me time to forget how tired my butt got from all the driving and I will be ready to go again!

We had another great family event in Maine and were able to see most of the same family we visited with in Toronto plus others. The Maine coast is a spectacular setting for a wedding and after a good rainy day on Saturday the weather cleared for a wonderfully clear, sunny evening. We knew that with an early start planned to get going south we cut our evening short and went back to the trailer-needed to get that rest.

Monday morning we had an appointment with a local tire store to replace the 2 oldest trailer tires. We had already changed out 2 but we did not feel confident the older ones would make the trip home. Travel trailer tires are notorious for failing at the worst possible time so we did a little PM to eliminate this issue (and it worked). Due to this work we started a little later than normal and thus began our journey south. Within two days we had driven through ME, NH, MA, PA, MD, WV and into KY. A quick overnight in Lexington to visit my niece Stacie and her family, then back on the road again headed south . Next we hit TN, AL, MS and into the New Orleans area for a weekend rest and another visit with close friends. Then one week after leaving ME we arrived in Friendswood with a quick visit to Galveston and then home on Wednesday! Whew!!!

Can you tell we were ready to get home? We had become good road warriors but needless to say we were tired and ready to be back. Of course in the few weeks we have been back nothing has slowed too much with getting the house and trailer back in order. A an incredible thanks to our friend Robert for taking great care of the house-this really let us enjoy the journey so much more!

That about wraps up this journey. One more post to come with some specific thoughts then the blog will probably go quiet for a awhile...

UNTIL THE NEXT ADVENTURE STARTS!!!!

Thanks for following along.