We're here: 1470 miles later

Boy have we ever driven a lot together.    We are at close to 60,000 miles in 8 years on America's highways and roads.  (this doesn't include around town driving).

We got up early, 3:00 a.m., so we could do the final close-up of the house and be on the first ferry off of the island (4:40 a.m.).  We had to pack the bed, for example.  And even though we did our best to not accumulate more food, Vicky packed two coolers so we didn't waste what we had left. 

We thought it might be more difficult leaving our home for the last time than it turned out to be.  This is probably because we have had time to adjust to the loss.  And because we knew we had a destination that held promise for the kind of life we now need at our age.

Our final ferry ride:

Just before the Oregon border we went through Horse Heaven Hills.  A lot of wineries in this area.  We have been through there many times on the Inland Empire bike ride with Jules.




We have learned that long drives are better if we stop periodically and walk for 10-15 minutes:

First night's motel:

The drive through Nevada on US 93 is an interesting one.  It is long, straight, boring in spots:

and beautiful in spots:

Road construction always meant a delay, because US 93 is a 2-lane highway.  Instead of sitting in the car, we used these opportunities to do some walking. 

Our second night was at a casino.  We had stayed there before, twice with Ian in fact, but always at the RV park.  It was more fun with Ian.

 Arriving at Leisure World:

Celebrating at Serrano's.