We left Lance & Peggy's house around 11 this morning and despite their encouragement to explore the John Day Fossil beds, we headed straight home. The fossils are something I want to see but the closer we got to home, the more I wanted to be there and that would have turned a 4.5 hour day into an 8 hour one and now I know how much harder that is!
We finished listening to Catching Fire and had a mellow drive. We stopped for BurgerVille in The Dalles to get a taste of home (and also we were out of food!). Unfortunately this was one of the weekends that I-84 was being resurfaced and closed on the westbound side right after our exit so traffic was a little backed up.
As soon as we got home and had the essentials unpacked 2 things happened: the kids were desperate to visit with friends and I realized I had not had a shower since Utah. The kids headed over to a friend's house and were promptly invited over for dinner and I had a very nice, LONG shower!
The rest of today will be mellow - I've sorted some mail and Tim has started some laundry but the real unpacking of the car and cleaning and airing of the camper will happen tomorrow. For now I'm just going to relax and enjoy being home! And maybe take Tim's car to the grocery store for some milk. My car can have the night off. She's earned it!
The final photo stream:
Now I feel like I can say how well the whole thing went without jinxing it! No car trouble, no camper trouble, no foul play, no big injuries, not much of anything to complain about!
It was a wonderful trip!
And so good to be home!!
Larissa, Loved this blog series. Felt like I was traveling with you guys!
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I didn't realize the blog existed until it was over, so I just read it all in one sitting. Great trip! :-)
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