Where are we now?

We are back home.  Our motor home has a faulty fuel pump.  I find that quite incredible as it only has 50,000 miles on it.  A new pump is on order from Workhorse but it will not arrive at the repair shop until Tuesday the 5th.

With this knowledge, I decided to rent a car and drive Darlie and Buddy back home.  When the motor home is finished, I will fly back out and drive it home.

Sitting in a motel room waiting for your repairs to be completed can be quite frustrating.  Darlie hasn't felt 100% since being in the hospital a few weeks ago.  It was the best decision.  We also have the pleasure of spending some time with our son and his new wife and our grandchildren over the holiday weekend.

We have had an outstanding trip.  We are just now downloading hours of video Darlie captured along the way.  We will edit it and watch it in the weeks to come.

I don't think I would ever drive to Alaska again but I am glad I did it once.  It is a trip you have to experience to fully appreciate.  If we do go to Alaska again, we will fly up and rent a motor home.  It would be cheaper.

We put about 15,000 miles on the old bread truck this trip.  Our $18,000 investment has served us well even if it never ran again.  We have gone places and seen things we would never have experienced without an RV.  Traveling by RV is by far the best way to see the wild side of our country.  If you have never RVed, rent one for a week.  You will be surprised just how much you will enjoy it.

Our plans for next summer have already begun to form.  There are many uncertainties now especially regarding the motor home.  We may sell it and buy a towable.  It is much easier to find someone to work on a pickup truck than it is a Class A motor home.

We have visited every state in the U.S. with our motor home except Hawaii, Delaware, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.  We would like to visit those states next summer.

We have also visited three Canadian Provinces,  British Columbia, Alberta and Yukon Territory.  They are very remote and very beautiful.  Next summer we would like to visit New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, NewFoundland and Quebec.  Traveling in Canada is now very expensive for us Americans as our dollar has devalued so much.  But some experiences are worth the cost.  When you are our age you may only get a few years to do this kind of traveling.  We feel blessed and privileged to do what we have already done.