Home Again

Well, we are back home and all in one piece. As rough as the roads were at times, "all in one piece" was not a certain outcome. As best I can tell we have fixed most of the mechanical problems we encountered on the way. The major item that I will need to address is the large crack in the windshield. When we first noticed it, it was just a straight vertical crack about four inches long and about two inches in from the center post. It stayed that way for some time, but as we entered Colorado Springs it crept up a few more inches. It eventually did a ninety-degree turn and added another six inches or so by the time we got home. Definitely time to call the insurance company.

We celebrated our return with a Papa Murphy’s pizza. For those that have not tried these, they are a “take and bake” pizza. Papa Murphy’s helpers build the pizza and you take it home and cook it yourself. They are pretty good pizza’s! Jim and Phyllis Kaiserski treated us to our first Papa Murphy's pizza on our first night of this trip, and we were happy to find one just minutes away from us when we got home. Thanks Jim and Phyllis for turning us on to these great pies!

This trip clocked in at around 5,100 miles for the coach and God knows how many miles in the Honda driving to the various National Parks and other destinations we explored.We camped in seventeen different locations. We stayed with family and friends, four military installations, a manufacturer's parking lot, and numerous commercial RV parks. The best? Places where we got to spend time with family and friends.

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We traveled through fifteen states, some more than once. Since we only count states on our states-visited map if we actually spend at least one night, we only added five new states to the map. Those were Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, and Tennessee. The astute observer will notice we still have a few holes in the middle of the map that are caused by that “sleepover” rule.

It is nice to be home, but it will not be long before we start itching again. We like life on the road, especially the southwest.