Well, here it is 5 weeks after our embarkment, and we are back in Lexington.
Our trip was as nice as we ever could have imagined and more. We visited 10 states and a day trip to Mexico, a couple we had not been to before and learned a little more about the ones we had. We went thru all kinds of weather, snow in Natchez, Miss, first in 10 years, to dry, dry desert in Tex. and Az. with no rain for 10 mos. We spent 3 days in Colo. Spgs. with Scott and went almost to the top of Pike's Peak on the cog railway where there were deep snow banks on each side of the tracks, and it snowed the whole trip up. We came back thru Ok.,Mo.,Ark., Ill. and Ky. where farmlands were flooded from so much recent rain.
Larry completed 5 high points to add to his list, and that was just a small part of the trip. We
followed the auto route of the Trail of Tears, and found most of it good 2 lane roads. Of course, we came home with more collectibles than anyone would ever need, but we will probably never see this part of this part of the country again, so why not?
We both agree that while the scenery was beautiful and the travel interesting, it's really all about all the great people we met along the way. We traveled a total of 6,500 miles, and the "Vamper" performed outstandingly. We started out camping 2 nights and hoteling it the 3rd night. As time went on we reversed the order, 1 nigh camping and 2 (or 3) nigh in hotels. When we found a National or State Park with good facilities and pretty scenery, we usually took advantage of saving a little money. We never really knew where we might end up at days end.
This was truly a wonderful trip, and we are so glad we did it. It's good to be home, and as we unpack all the "stuff", we will think about of all the special places and people we encountered.
Hope you are all well and we would recommend this kind of traveling to anyone who has the desire. By the way, the highest gas price we paid was
$3.62 in Big Bend National Park, Texas, of all places!
Love to you all,
Barbara and Larry
2 comments:
It is good to see you back home. I want to take a picture of your vamper, I think Larry should patent it ... or maybe not, the RV industry may be after you ...
You could get them out of business .. oh wait, that is already done, the oil prices did that ...
Three cheers to Shamick for the wonderful webby support job -- COMPLETE with maps, photos AND hyperlinks!!!
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