Day 16: Home

Last evening we were able to sit on the site patio and enjoy a nice breeze and beautiful sky.  It was relaxing to watch the sun set and a full moon rise.

 

Saw this burst of color along I-80 as we drove east toward home.  This color was not from a flower but leaves on a bush.

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We made our last gas stop at Iowa 80.  We stopped here two weeks ago on our first gas fill up.  The price at that time was $4.23 per gallon.  Today the price was 4.68 per gallon.  This is a 45 cent increase in two weeks!!  How high will it go?  Some people are predicting $10 per gallon.

For the last couple of days Keegan has been looking forward to our driving into Illinois; however, he fell asleep shortly after we left Iowa 80 and we had to wake him up when we got into Decatur.

This is the I-80 bridge across the Mississippi River.  We know when we cross this bridge, we will be in Illinois.

We got home at 4:00 p.m. and unhooked and unpacked so we could meet Jason, Kara, and Hunter at Monical's for supper (a tradition).  This is a very happy Keegan hugging his dad.

Keegan brought gifts for his family on this trip.  Here he is showing mom what he brought them.

This picture was taken in June 2017 after Hunter came home from his trip with Memaw and Papaw.  

This picture was taken today at the reunion following this trip.  Hard to believe how much both boys have changed from five years ago,

As much as we love to travel, it is also good to pull the motorhome into the driveway and unload the car from the dolly one last time.

It felt good to sit in our swing, look over our backyard, and just relax.  It was a great trip.  We really did not think we would ever make another trip to South Dakota and Yellowstone.  We were very happy that Keegan wanted to see Mount Rushmore and make that his trip with Memaw and Papaw like Hunter had in 2017.  We had visited all the places we visited with Keegan but it was fun to watch him experience them for the first time.  We told him that he would have to make this trip again with his family.

  

We traveled 3,000 in the motorhome and 1,000 in the car.  We had great weather.  Although we left Yellowstone on Saturday before huge rain storms moved through and caused so much damage to the northern gate and Gardiner, Montana.

This is a picture of the road we took into and out of Yellowstone each of the three days we were there.  So sad to see the damage to the Northern part of Yellowstone.  The park service has closed all entrances to Yellowstone in order to assess the damage caused by the rain and mud and rock slides.  We are thankful that we were able to spend three days enjoying the park.

Another trip is in the books.  We do have a six-week trip planned for this fall.  As of right now, we plan to take that trip.  I don't know at what price per gallon gas will have to be for us to cancel.  We know that physically, our traveling time is narrowing so hopefully, we will be able to take the fall trip.