OK - this is it. The final blog until next season's journey.
We moved the 5th wheel from the Eureka KOA to the dealer - a mere 4 miles away, for the few warranty items we need fixed. Nothing major - just the toilet, awning, door leak, chair fabric, and a broken bracket on an outside cubbyhole.
Yesterday we got everything out and I began the monstrous task of doing all the laundry. I hadn't washed clothes in a week, plus all the towels, bedding, blankets, throws, rugs, etc. Somewhere in the emptying out process, I've lost my one and only pair of blue jeans. Hopefully they will surface in the near future since it's FREEZING, and even snow flurries in St. Louis!
A few trivial facts after going through my travel log that I keep in the truck:
7414 - number of miles traveled since December 26, 2007 - the date this adventure started.
4765 - number of miles we put on the truck while in Florida once we were set up in the park in Orange Lake. This is scary - did we make that many trips to the grocery store, Wal*Mart, and golf courses? This does include two trips to Orlando, two trips to Tampa, three trips to the RV park we'll be in next season, and two trips to the Cedar Key area in Florida.
$3.21 - cheapest diesel we found all winter, and that was on December 26, 2007 - probably somewhere in Kentucky or Tennessee.
$4.14 - most expensive diesel we paid, and that was yesterday, near Festus, MO - at the service center/gas station where we had the truck repaired after blowing off the hose.
0 - number of pounds we lost when our goal was to lose 25 apiece.
0 - number of days that we had snow while away.
106 - number of days we were gone from St. Louis (or number of days we missed family and friends)
I'm glad we got to share our adventures with everyone who was even remotely interested. We enjoyed rehashing each day's activities - no matter how boring they were - sorry you had to endure some of those. Hopefully we have encouraged some of you (and you know who you are) to get out there and retire, so you, too, can travel and see this great country we live in.
Now can we just figure out how to get the cost of diesel down?
Cheers until next November.
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2 comments:
I for one will miss the blogs. This is sad. Untill next time though...I LOVE YOU!
We do know who we are and you have indeed encouraged us! We can not wait to have our own adventures - occasionally some with you two! A question for you though - if Dennis and I start traveling and also have a blog for our family and friends --- who will mail the blogs to Mom and Dad...JP?
We have loved you blog all winter long and look forward to next years stories!
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