Day: 32
Miles Travelled: 7,456
Miles Hiked: 90.7
Final Location: St. Augustine, FL
Sadly we have completed our trip. We are really looking forward to seeing or family and friends and the idea of a somewhat normal routine is appealing but LD and I both agree that we could easily do another month or more. A great deal of our conversations in the car have centered around planning for the next time we take the same kind of trip.
Special thanks to everyone we stayed with along the way. Our family and friends went completely overboard to make our trip special. Each visit provided an opportunity to see and try new things that we probably would not have gotten to do on our own. Our trip was made ten times better by the friendship and genorosity of everyone we dropped in on.
In addition to being a lot of fun, this trip has also been an eye-opening learning experience. It is amazing to see how much America has to offer and how diverse this country is. In the course of one month we have seen streams, rivers, lakes, oceans, hills, mountains, plains, forests and deserts. We have eaten cold beans out of a can and ate diner in a five star restaurant with family over looking the Pacific Ocean. We visited 6 National Parks and saw all kinds of different cities. We had our picture taken next to a 2 million dollar car and nervously drove through areas where we were sure we were going to star in Deliverance 2. We stood in front of things, both natural and man-made, that you have to see to comprehend. We met people, both good and bad, from all over the country and the world.
What I am trying to say is that If you consider yourself proud to be an American and you have even an ounce of patriotic spirit in you, spend some time travelling this great country of ours. You won't be disappointed and whatever you feel about America will be multiplied several times over. And yes, as with some of our other posts, I realize how cheesy that sounds.
