April 2-Back to the start

We started from the farm on September 2, 2006, and here we are home again on April 2, 2007. Exactly seven months. It was the perfect second honeymoon and I completely recommend taking one. We loved the motorhome, the people we met, and the adventures we had. Now Gene is back to work, I'm trying to get our home unpacked, and Elsie is in heaven chasing geese at the farm. Quite a culture shock. We will probably just live in the motorhome for awhile until I get the house ready for us. I'm sure we'll be spending every free moment driving up and down I-5 to watch Caroline grow until we get to meet little Toy sometime in May. We will certainly drive Caroline and Marc crazy, but we are totally excited about our next adventure as Gramma and Grampa. Everyone keeps asking us what was our favorite spot...and that's a tough question to answer, but here are my votes:
Best beach: Topsail Hill State Park, Florida
Best town: Charleston, South Carolina
Best food: Dinner at Uncle Phil and Virginia's house
Worst food: Thelma's in Atlanta, Georgia
Best history: Little Bighorn, Montana & Gettysburg, Pennsylvania & Concord, Massachusetts
Best news from home: Caroline and Marc told us that they were "with child" on September 11 (only 9 days into the trip!) while we were in Williamsburg, Iowa.
Funniest drives: Smugglers Notch, V.T. & Manahattan, on a dark, rainy night.

April 1-Three Tree

Finally, our own beach...and it really is the best in the world. The best people too! Mom made us a wonderful welcome home dinner of salmon and asparagus (our absolute favorite), and Laura and Hank joined us. Its sad to be at the end of our adventure, but wonderful to have hugged the immediate family again.

March 31-Pacific Beach, WA

Driving up I-5 was too much for Gene. I don't think either of us is ready for the trip to be over. So...we suddenly decided to head to our favorite ocean beach for one last night of fun. As always, Pacific Beach was beautiful. We love the long walks on the beach. Elsie runs around like she's never had such freedom. The digging is perfect and she leaves holes everywhere. I played with the new camera and the sunset was a wonderful test subject!

March 30-Goodbye Springfield

We had a fabulous week with Caroline and Marc. Lots of yummy meals. Lots of tummy touching. We walked the dogs several times at Darby Ranch. Lots of mud! Lots of puppy washing!