Sunday, June 15: Home

 After a good night's rest we were ready to get this last leg of the trip over.  The motorhome decided to give us a little bit of trouble.  The big slide (the living room slide) decided to stop half way in.  This slide is always the one we worry about.  In the past, a bolt has broken which keeps the slide from moving, so Carol keeps replacement bolts in the motorhome.  He and the boys went under the slide to replace the bolt only to find that the bolt did not need replaced.  He came back inside, said a few prayers, and started the slide again.  After a few starts and stops, it finally made it inside the frame and we were able to drive on.  The motorhome has been complaining this trip.  We have been trying to make a decision about selling it and this trip has clarified that decision.  This will be the last year we camp in it.  Our camping days are over.  We do have reservations for Turkey Run in October and if we can get the slide and refrigerator repaired, we will do that trip before selling it.  

Above and below is the skyline of Columbus, Ohio

As soon as we drove into Indiana, the rough roads began again.  As you look at this picture, you can see the concrete patches where the road has been "fixed."  As you hit the patch, you feel a bump going onto the patch and leaving the patch.  There is hardly a break....it is just bump, bump, bump, shake, rattle and roll!

We made it back home by 4:00 p.m.  Everyone had plans:  Keegan to church camp in Southern Illinois; Hunter to work at Game Stop; Kara home and laundry to be ready for work tomorrow; and us to unpack.  

It was a great trip.  Ten days together seeing our nationals capitol was wonderful.  Carol and I saw some new things but the best part was seeing it through Keegan's eyes because it was all new to him.  The only disappointment was that we were so busy that we didn't have time to play a game of Old Maid, Uno, or Crazy Cards.  Typically, on other trips, we would end each day playing cards but not this one.  The first couple of evenings we played cards but once we arrived at Washington, D.C. there never was a time when it was either too late or we were too tired.

I was asked what was the best thing we saw.  That is hard to answer as it was all great.  Arlington National Cemetery and the changing of the guards is also very moving and memorable.  I also liked seeing the beauty of the buildings...The Supreme Court, Archives, and the Library of Congress.  Washington D.C. is a capitol we, as Americans, can and should be proud of.