Edmond, OK to Home

Mike managed one last blog post, I should too. Kids are in bed, each in their own bed, in their own room, and all the happier for it.

We had planned to stop in Oklahoma City to see the state Capitol. It was pouring rain this morning, so we skipped that. Also thought we might stop in Fort Worth to see the stock yards, though the big attraction there is the moving of the cows twice a day, at 11:30 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. We got to Fort Worth around 11:45, kept right on driving. Though we did stop at Bucees for gas, their world famous bathrooms, and snacks. Does Buc-ees count as a grand adventure? One more stop in Waco for lunch and we were home around 3:30.

We came home to 3 very happy pups. My incredibly sweet and awesome neighbor swept up all the dog hair, cleaned dog bedding, baked us cookies and left us food for breakfast!

We unloaded the car, somehow or other got everything unpacked and put away. Two loads of laundry have been done, will have to sort out the rest tomorrow. The list of things we have to do in the next few days is staggering. All I want to do is hit the road again. I’ve always thought that I could travel indefinitely. After 6 weeks, I know I could. It’s hard to be home. I’m not ready to face work and school and everything else.

Anyway, trip stats...

43 days
22 states
2 Canadian provinces
18 National Park Service sites
4 Canadian Park Service sites
7 days of no driving
Almost 200 miles on foot
16 tanks of gas
And 6406 miles on the road

The boys spent a large part of the afternoon with their friend down the street. The 3 are already planning lots of ways to kill the rest of these summer days. Fun to see them happy together again.  It also hammered home how much the boys grew and changed these past 6 weeks, in more ways than I can count. I hope they remember this summer and this trip as a very happy time.

Seems a bit unreal that we made it through, seems like forever since we left Home, feels like months since we got home.