Good evening to all. This is the final posting for our Grand Adventure. We started home on Mon. the 2nd, and of course the weather was beautiful...no more rain...it figures. Every river we crossed through Missouri and Arkansas was over flowing its' banks and the flooding was extensive. There is a horse back riding arena outside of St. Louis that has a two story building on the grounds...the entire first story was covered by the water. It is always impressive when Mother Nature throws a fit!

We made it to Apalachicola by Wed. morning. We stayed in a campground on St. George Island outside of the town. To get there you have to go over a series of bridges and causeways that all together total about 10 miles. You know you are going over water when you are getting paced by the pelicans flying next to the car! We sat on the beach and just relaxed that first afternoon...it was nice to feel the warmth. We went to a very nice restaurant in Apalachicola called Caroline's Dining on the River. I had visited there when I was up there teaching a couple of months back.

The next day, we visited all the historical sites in the town, and walked along the main street. Again, the weather was perfect and we ended the day again on the beach watching the sunset.

We got up with the sun on Fri. and pulled up in front of the house just as the sun was setting. It made for a very long day with very numb butts at the end of it! The dogs couldn't figure out why we just kept going and going.

So after 10,150 miles here's what we can say about this ambitious trip...it was everything and more than what we could have imagined. We were swept up in the awesomeness of all the mountains we saw...we were left breathless at the beauty of the changing leaves...we are amazed at all of the friendly people we met in our travels. Plus, we are still speaking to each other! When we look back at the first pictures that were taken at the beginning of the trip, it seems like it was only yesterday that we were visiting these different places. And many of these places merit another visit...but that will be for another time in the future.

Thanks for coming along on this adventure with us. It has been fun sharing everying with all of our family and friends. Now that we are home, the light is on, and we are always up for visitors. But until we get the girls' bedrooms cleaned out, you might just have to sleep out in the camper!

Until our next adventure...Good bye for now.

Terry and Mark