Back HOME again in INDIANA!

Maybe it sounds as hokey as Jim Nabors singing it, but we made it back home in pretty quick fashion. That is if you consider we had major activities along the way.

Saturday....Oregon/Washington (Columbia River Gourge)

Sunday....Idaho (LONG, LONG hard day on the road....)

Monday....South Dakota (Little Big Horn, Mt. Rushmore and Alpine slide)

Tuesday....Minnesota (Breakfast with John, Wall Drug, Badlands and the ever famous Corn Palace)

Wednesday....Wisconsin (Day at the Dells)

Thursday....Indiana (Day at the Dells)

I felt like a long haul trucker. The wind blew most of the way across I-90, the Obama cash was busy on I-90 with hundreds of miles of construction, and there were only a few accidents along the way. Mostly, I kept the rig between the lines. I think most of the states have "no texting" rules, but my major distraction was staring at the GPS to see there were really that many miles left in the day.

Since we were going by Alcatraz, I checked out the audio book, "Get Capone". It was a 14 CD book that worked as a repellent to keep the noise to the back of the RV, that is unless you asked the kids who would say the noise was in the driver's section. (Capone got, died at 47 of syphilis and didn't live happily ever after.)

Caleb kept me entertained most of the way home due to his curiosity about the things we saw and heard along the way.

The girls enthusiasm increased as the miles towards Indiana decreased.

I have to tell you, it was great to get home. The road was awesome, but it is only as good as the interest level of your passengers and they had clearly checked out and were ready for me to put the hammer down and get back to Indy.

The trip was incredible. It was a gift to our kids and no doubt absorbed a bit of our retirement reserves. But if you think about it, if retirement does become passive and you are unable to live as you would choose, wouldn't it be better to have some memories locked away to help pass the time away? We locked many memories and will cherish this time for the remainder of our days!