Day # 62 - Home

We left Casey, IL this morning after spending more time than usual doing our pack-up routine. Since we will be home this afternoon, I took the time to dump all the tanks and put everything away in a permanent location. Missy took the time to do all the little stuff inside like clearing all the bath stuff out of the tub and gathering all the coats and towels that get hung on various hooks. It was a little weird thinking that we won’t be sleeping in the camper tonight. After 61 days, it will be an adjustment to go back to our normal bed.

The drive home was easy. It only took about 4.5 hours. We had to go around Indy and Cincy, but after San Francisco and Vegas, these cities didn’t even warrant taking my headphones off.

We arrived home around 4:00 EST. The first thing I thought when we walked into the house is…Man, this place is BIG. After being in a 23’ x 8’ box for the last 2 months, the house feels HUGE. Funny how your perception changes based on your surroundings. Missy and I had been talking before we left about the time when we would move to a bigger house because our place is too small for a family of 5. That seems a little silly right now after the summer we have had.

Sarah and Abby are certainly glad to be back. They went and hugged every stuffed animal in their room as soon as we got home. Then they came down stairs and asked to each get on one of our two computers. We bought a laptop to take on the trip with us. But since the laptop was our lifeline to our bank accounts and paying bills (not to mention this blog) we decided early on that we would not allow the kids to use it during our trip. So after being denied nickjr.com and Barbie.com for 2 months, they were both very happy to play on the computers for a couple of hours. AJ upon getting home, promptly got every toy truck, train and car out of the bins in the family room and lined them all up on the dining room table so he could play with them all at once. He kept bringing Missy and me a toy and saying “dis AJ’s” and smiling and running off to play with the newly re-discovered toy.

This kind of brings me to the end of our daily updates. We spent 2 months traveling in our trailer this summer and camped in 18 states. And I think the question most people would ask is…Would you do it again? And the answer is…absolutely. We had a wonderful time. I might do things slightly different next time. We learned a lot about how to plan and manage a long trip. But yes…we would absolutely do it again.

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