September 17, 2013 Jacksonville, FL

OK, so here it is. We've been back for a whole week now and we still haven't put everything away from the trip. Time marches on. Anyway, those interested in how much the trip cost us in fuel, the answer is a little over $5200.00. I'm glad it was only $250.00 to $300.00 at a time. I have discovered a ton of pictures that never made it to the blog, so here they are. I hope.

Guess what this means...pavement to gravel road.

Hyder, AK Postoffice

Barbara & Howard at small boat harbor before going to Juneau.

Barbara driving the motor home all of one hour out of 81 days.

Barbara & Howard at Mears Glacier.

Eagle on rock.

Seals on an ice flow at Mears.

9/9/13 Home at last

Well, we decided not to stop in Perry, GA. We drove home from Nashville, TN, around 9 1/2 hours. We were like a horse heading to the barn. I would like to thamk all of you for following our trek. It was an experience of a lifetime. Barbara, Jim and I are glad to be back home after spending 81 days and over 11,000 miles on the road. I've been asked how much the fuel cost on the trip. I'n afraid to total it up, but I will sometime in the next few days. We have many stories to tell about the whole trip, from the beautiful scenery and wildlife to our mishaps. It all becomes part of our memories. The mishaps, although not pleasant at the time, add to the whole trip. Just FYI, the motorhome is in the shop being worked on and the CR-V goes in the collision repair shop sometime next week. Boy, did the car take a beating. From the blown tire on the right side to the side swipe on the left side. I'm glad we didn't take the 2012 CR-V. I'm going to try and add some photos to this next to last entry. The last entry will be the fuel total.

Barbara in front of the Quesnel quilt shop

Can anyone tell me what kind of plants these are? There were fields of them.

Sunday 9/8/13 Nashville, TN

Howdy, here we are in Nashville, TN. The country music capital of the world. We drove thru Mo, IL and KY.So today we hit four states. We are getting closer to home and still should make it by mid Tuesday. I drove this morning thru about two hours of thunder and lightning storms. Jim drove this afternoon through quite a lot of road construction. It's good to see the roads being repaired except when you have to drive on them. Til tomorrow perhaps in Perry, GA.

Saturday 9/7/13 Odessa, MO

Here we are in Odessa, MO. Went through three states today and three states yesterday. We stopped by Sturgis, SD yesterday so Jim could do some shopping at the Harley Davidson Motorcycle store. He has one of his own and rides it when he can. It appears that Sturgis has a mega rally in August. We just missed it. If everything goes alright (knock on wood) we should be home sometime on Tuesday. If not, I will have to call work again.

Wednesday, 9/4/13 Osburn, Idaho

Welp, we finally left Quesnel, BC yesterday (Tuesday) around noon after the repairs were made to the water pump. By the way it's pronounced Quenel, silent "s". That's the French version anyway. But, before leaving we walked across the longest wooden footbridge in the world. Who knew! After spending last night in Kamloop, BC we are in Osburn, Idaho tonight.We didn't have any problems at US Customs, just shouldn't have had a tomato with us. The agent came on board and looked in the refridgerator/freezer. We will just keep traveling until we get home. We will make one stop on the way at Sturgis, SD so Jim can go to a Harley Davidson motorcycle museum. Attached are some more pictures of Quesnel.

Barbara and bridge sign

Top of bridge sign

Lumber yard operating 24/7 near campgound

Water Wheel

Looking down from bridge
Barbara and Jim on Bridge

Sunday Sept 1, 2013 Quesnel,BC

While we are in Quesnel, we decided to take advantage of the sights. It is a sun shinny day with the temperature around 80 degrees and very low humidity. We went to the Cottonwood House Historic Site, which closes tomorrow Sept 2nd until mid May. The house was built in 1864 and has other buildings on the property. We also took a horse and wagon ride. If you get a chance, go to their web site-cottonwoodhouse.ca. It will be very interesting. I, hopefully, will include some of the pictures.

Cottonwood House

Barbara and Cottonwood sign

View from the wagon

Gpoher sign, watch out!

Horses and Wagon