Monday, August 10, 2015

The End of the Line

Well we've finally finished our trip and are taking a little time to reflect.  We certainly covered some territory, some 6800 miles in total, over 21 days.  And we sure did see many things.  There is so much to see in this country, and we have barely scratched the surface.  But what we did see sure has made an impression on us.  As can probably be seen, we are big fans of the national parks and monuments.  We visited eight on this trip, and thoroughly enjoyed each and everyone.  No telling if we'll ever get back--I pretty sure we're not going to keep making the hikes we did, so I really relished this trip. 

We visited some different cities we haven't spent much time in, tried a few new food, some different beers, met some people.  Read a bunch of historic markers, spent some time in a few museums.  There truly is more to do than a person could ever do.  We are happy just to touch on some of the highlights. 

There were a couple of disappointments.  We had planned on visiting Glacier National park, but were scared off by the fire.  That led to a chain of events which screwed up the timing for visiting with the Misses sister.  Sad on both accounts, but it did lead to us visiting Zion, so perhaps thing work out.  No other real problems though, which is kind of amazing to me.

So that's it.  Trip of a lifetime?  No, I wouldn't call it that, but a wonderful vacation.  Saw things that I'm pretty sure I will never see again, met some nice folks along the way.  Learned some things, which is always good.  And we'll have plenty to talk about until the next big adventure come along.

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