We've been home for a week today. It was an amazing trip, but we're really glad to be home. A friend of mine emailed me asking why we were returning to central Florida in the middle of July. My best answer to this very good question is that it's home. Our neighbors Bob and Betty, also RVers, have their house on the market and are planning to live full time in their RV. One thing that being on the road so much has taught me is that I don't want to live full time in an RV! After four months on the road, home seems like paradise. Don't get me wrong, we were very comfortable in our new RV, but to quote Dorothy, "there's no place like home." My mattress feels like a cloud, the shower has wonderful water pressure, I've got all the room in the world to cook in my kitchen, and we've been out in the hot tub every night watching the stars, listening to the frogs and crickets sing, and hearing the gators grunt!
SiSi is also glad to be home. She ran around like a crazy dog when we first arrived, so excited to be home. She is particularly happy to have real grass in which to do her business. She never quite got used to the southwest where nobody has any grass, and when they do, they don't want dogs peeing on it.
The Liberty has been thoroughly cleaned from stem to stern and been put to bed for a well deserved rest. I have been busily catching up on housework and throwing myself into some cardmaking projects which I missed so much while on the road. Rick has been trying to make a dent in the four months of yardwork that he found waiting for him, but has managed to find some time for golf.
Our next trip will be much shorter. In mid-September we'll be heading for Ohio in anticipation of the arrival of one Avery Grissom, whose due date is September 19th. We'll be attending another CHOC rally in Mystic, CT, spending some time in Baltimore, and visiting my daughter Emmy's new digs in State College, PA.
Here are some closing statistics:
Total Miles Traveled: 9365
Highest gas price paid: $3.92 at Grand Canyon South Rim
Lowest gas price paid: $3.19 in Tucson
Best Golf Course: Dave and Anna's country club in Tucson
National Parks Visited: 9
State Parks: 7
National Monuments: 4
National Historic Parks: 4
Presidential Libraries: 2
Private Historical Sites: 9
Sally's favorite National Park visited this trip: Grand Canyon - South Rim
Rick's favorite: Zion
Sally's favorite big city visited: Tucson
Rick's favorite: Dallas
Least favorite: Las Vegas, NV
Most Expensive Campground: $89, French Quarter RV Resort, New Orleans
Least Expensive Campground: $8: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Best Campground: TenX NFS campground at Grand Canyon South
Runner-up: Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort, Las Vegas, NV
Worst Campground: Coachlight RV Park, Las Cruces, NM
And a bit about my readers:
Most popular posts gauged by number of times read: 1) Cajun Country 2) Grand Canyon South
Countries where greatest number of readers were from: (In order) 1) USA, 2) Russia, 3) Germany, 4) Canada, 5) Brazil, 6) Romania, 7) Singapore
See you in September!
TTFN,
SCG
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