14 Apr 2019 - Final Night in Lawrence KS, Final Night on this Trip

14 Apr 2019

And here we are, the last 'wake up' for this trip will be in the morning.  As the sun sets on this trip, we reflect on where we have been; what we have seen, learned and tasted; and most importantly the great friends for which we have reconnected.  By the time we get back to our home base in Ankeny tomorrow, we will have driven over 6300 miles between campgrounds and nearly 4500 'vicinity' miles checking out the sights and sounds our great Country has to offer.

We are so blessed to live here in America and unfortunately it seems like far, far too many take it for granted.  I consider myself so very fortunate to have had the opportunity to serve our Nation for so long and that service took me to places like Iraq where the people there do not share the same freedoms we have here.  We can pick up and go about anywhere we want, any time we want.  How awesome is that? And we are not done going, believe me!

I am saddened that we were forced to cut this trip short just a bit but we will deal with whatever caused my affliction and then we will 'get back on our horse' and we will 'get back after it'!  Between Los Angeles and Ankeny we have a lot yet to explore and many folks for which to reconnect that we had planned see on this trip.  That will likely be rescheduled for next year.  But if I can get patched up well enough we will be shoving off again on 30 May with our RV for our 2019 Southeast trip to coincide with our son Dan's graduation for the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program.  If my back does not recuperate well enough for that we will still attend graduation but without the RV.

So, thanks to those who have followed along on our journey.  I hope the blog has been informative and maybe even amusing at times. We will post one last time tomorrow night with our final stats, and then hopefully we will resume on 30 May.

Next report, tomorrow night from our home base in Ankeny Iowa