Friday, October 3, 2014

80 days later, 10,948 miles later (12,448 with the ferry ride) we are in St. Paul again (I have not paid our gas bill yet!!!!!)

Because Honda trip meter only goes to 4 digits you need to add 10,000 to make 10,948 miles and 19.2 MPG



#72 and the last






It is actually nice to be grounded for a couple of weeks.  We arrived in MN yesterday about 6:30 PM and have two weeks to get ready to depart for Naples.  There is clean up, unpacking and packing again, Dr. appt. fall work, people visits and the list is long BUT it is good.
Our July 15-October 2 trip was a TRIP OF A LIFE TIME and most likely will never be repeated in any way.  Not in any dreams did I think I would do such a thing and enjoy life so much.  The miles, the landscape, the people--all was wonderful.  Now my back is another thing, it needs rest!!!!
We finished our 72nd state park visit as well and it was good.  We drove into Little Falls MN about 5:00 PM yesterday for our last park.  The office was locked so we did a little dance in celebration of visiting all 72 MN parks.  About the time we finished a ranger came and heard our story.  He was good enough to open the office and stamp our book to prove 72 was done!!!  He said he has worked for the parks 16 years and never had he had the honor of stamping #72.  Of course many people have done it, it is just that he had never had the last one.  We visited our first in May of 2012 so 2 years and 5+ months later we are finished.
We had a great last few days of our trip.  We spent the last 2 nights in Jamestown ND with brother Dave and his wife Marlys.  It was a super time.  We were able to get many pictures for the power point I promised to do in July for their 50th wedding anniversary.  I need more picture so relatives need to send them!!!  AND Dave gave me the guitar he made for me.  After looking at it I decided that I am NOT a woodworker as his skill, his detail and his finish work is beyond description.
It is 3:40 PM so no FP but this morning---oh so good!!

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