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We finally arrived in St. Paul after being on the road for 26 days. It was a great trip.  The ending, not so good, but overall it was fantastic.  Some of the highlights:

• We drove through 19 states.  Some of them we were in for a long time, others just for a short while but each state has its own character and things to see.
• It was the beginning of our tour of presidential libraries.  We took in Carter's, FDR's and JFK's.  Terry and I were juniors in HS when JFK was killed so his library was perhaps the most interesting in terms of memory.  For history, it does not get any better than FDR's. 
• I would say Acadia National Park was the highlight and that was also the focus of our long trip.  The mountains standing against the ocean and the ocean gently lapping at the mountains was spectacular for sure.  The view from Cadillac Mountain was breath taking, the ocean at Sand Beach was wonderful and in between everything was so fun to see.  We think it is now our favorite park.  If anyone plans to visit I suggest doing it in May or June.  They get over 4,000,000 visitors a year and July and August are the busy months.  One camper we talked to said 20 years ago he was there in mid summer and he waited hours to get into the campground.  Then he said if you wanted to see Sand Beach, forget it unless you wanted to walk a long long way.
• Our quest to find Heady Topper Beer was fun.  I had found online when and where they deliver.   We went to several stores as they all have a limit of one 4-pack per person.  In one case you had to pay with cash as that is faster than credit card.  One of the stores we went to gets 240 4-packs and it is usually gone in a couple of hours.  Anyway it was a fun chase and actually the beer is very good.
• We spent time at the von Trapp lodge and compound in VT.  That is owned and run by one of the von Trapp children. It was built because the son who built it said it is so much like where he was born in Europe.  It was fun and very beautiful to see.
• It was a fun time taking in Terry's granddaughter Tori's HS graduation.  She is a special gal
• Seeing and catching up a bit with all the Lee grand children was great.  They are all growing up so fast. If my Mom could hear her great grandchildren play the piano she would be so proud.
• We were able to visit a few more micro-breweries and bring home a few more growlers for my wood shop.
• Oh, I should not forget the popovers in Portsmouth NH.  They were SO good.
• I suppose I should mention there was one stop at UC for my rash.  I received a shot, kind of a hurtful one, and that did clear up the rash within several days.  Then there was the 7 hour ordeal at the ER in South Bend which resulted in MANY test and really no results.  That was last Tuesday night/Wednesday morning and I am now much better but not totally well.  AND of course Monday AM in Ohio I was too sick to drive so we stayed at the campsite an extra day.  Terry was so good and patience as I was in the camper all day except to get up and "throw" a couple of time.
• FINALLY we arrived home Saturday afternoon.  The car has 5100+ miles on since we left Naples but our minds are now so much richer from all our experiences.  We are blessed.

I had a double pleasure this morning.  I had Kona Coffee FP.  Costco had some in and we HAD to buy some.  It is smooth and has a great taste.  BUT it is pretty much gone so the writing is pretty much finished.