Back Home!

This is our last entry on our blog because we're home! Yep.. we made it - who knew? After we visited with family and had a really good time, it was time to head for home. On our way to Milton, Fl. which is next to Pensacola, our bikes, bike rack and metal hitch attached to the trailer fell off! The welds broke due to the bumpy roads in Louisiana. It ended up next to the cement wall in the middle of I-10. Yet again, nobody was hurt, or in any danger, except us I guess as we ran across 3 lanes of interstate to get the bikes, rack, metal hitch, etc.

We threw the bikes and everything else over the little cement wall. Did ya'll know that on the other side is a drainage ditch? I didn't, but that's how we got the bikes off the interstate. The drainage ditch goes to the overpass, where Rusty walked the bikes down the cement mountain that is under the overpass. I crawled down and waited with the bikes while Rusty got the rack and hitch. The bikes now need a little work - SURPRISE!

We saw some nice views after that on our way to Milton, Fla.

            We left for home the next day. Now we're home from our wonderful and exciting adventure!

We went through 18 States:

- Florida

- Georgia                 Survived the accident that didn't happen.

- Tennessee              Land between the States.

- Kentucky

- Illinois                   Drove through Metropollis - Superman's home.

- Missouri                Saw the Biggest Ball of String.

- Iowa

- Nebraska              Weaved in and out of Lewis & Clarks Trail.

- South Dakota        Saw Mount Rushmore!

- Wyoming              Yellowstone National Park!

                                Hiking and Buffalo Charging

                                Jackson Hole

                                Drove through the Tetons

- Utah                      Snowbird Ski Resort

                                Mountain Tram Rides

                                Hiking and Biking down the mountains.

                                Bryce Canyon

- Nevada                  Las Vegas

                                Hoover Dam

- Arizona                 Petrified Forest

                                Painted Desert

                                Canyon De Chelly

- New Mexico         Albuquerque - Rusty's Balloon Ride!

                                Balloon Fiesta Weekend!

                                Carlsbad Cavern

- Texas                    San Antonio - River Walk

                                The Alamo

                                Family Visit!

- Louisiana

- Mississippi            Bikes, Rack and Hitch fell off!

- Alabama

- Florida                  Back Home!

 We've seen breathtaking scenery and views. We've met very interesting people and we've had a once in a lifetime Adventure! We've been over 7400 miles with 37 gas stops!

Gas Cost = A lot

Fixing Bikes and Racks = Who Knows

Memories to last a lifetime = Priceless!