Home again!

Our big adventure is over, for now.  After a stop in Rock Springs, Wyoming, we made it to Salt Lake on Monday.  The drive in through Parley’s Canyon, with some climbing and wind, was the hardest driving on the whole trip.  But we had a blast as we got to see quite a bit of our beautiful country.  We were on the road for 219 days (just over 7 months), towed the trailer 8,340 miles and drove the truck a total of about 18,000 miles.  We stayed in 50 locations and visited 29 states. It’s nice to be back with family and to having a garbage disposal, dishwasher, laundry without quarters, and the comforts of home. But we’ll miss having new places to visit and daily new adventures.  We didn’t make it to Yellowstone, we’re sort of saving that for next time when we plan to go a bit further north. 

Here are some of our favorites:

Most beautiful city: Savannah, GA

Most fun city: New York

Most Historic city: Boston

Best historic recreation: Williamsburg, VA

Best historical site: Gettysburg National Battlefield, PA

Best museum: Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, TX

Best historic home: Biltmore Estate, Asheboro, NC

Best ethnic restaurant: Prejean’s Cajun, Lafayette, Louisiana

Best new to us foods: crawfish, hushpuppies

Best beaches: Sarasota, FL and Myrtle Beach, SC

Best coastline: Maine

Best scenery: Black Hills of South Dakota

Worst drive: west Texas

One request: I’d like to know who all has been reading this blog.  So please this week leave a like on facebook, or a comment if you’re not on facebook.  Till we travel again….happy trails to all our friends!

Wall map in our trailer marking our journey (sorry about the glare)

reaquainted - Lexi feeding Okie

Home sweet home

view of Salt Lake Valley from our house