Friday, July 19
The AC ran most of the night, and it was 82 and very muggy when we took off at 7:00 a.m . Yesterday we drove over 500 miles even stopping to tour the Custer battlefield and loosing an hour to time-change. Today we knocked off 600 miles by 6:00, leaving less than 386 to get home tomorrow. We pulled into a campground at 6:00 last night at 95 degrees. The inside of the Silvermine was 99 degrees, and it wasn’t going to go down quickly . . . even with the AC going full blast! We had plenty of fans and the air movement helped a lot as we went to bed at 10:00. Saturday, July 20 Our GPS says we will be home at 3:00; I make this 3:30 if we stop to walk the dogs several times. I try to think of something appropriate or profound to say as I end this vacation blog . . . all I can think to say is a tribute to Tom, my personal trip planner! He spends the winter putting together an outline for a trip, and then filling in all the details with route planning and reservations. We never feel rushed applying his itinerary on a daily basis, and we never fail to know what we are doing from one day to the next. We never feel “tied” to a schedule. Because of his seamless planning we are mostly able to stay in State Parks and National Parks or other points of high interest, and to thrill to some of the most iconic highlights and roadways the USA has to offer. EVERY TIME someone asks Tom “how are you doing?” he responds with: “I’m living the dream!” It is one that he carefully crafts . . . and he allows me to tag along!
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Mike
7/21/2019 05:44:51 am
Welcome home. I enjoyed following your trip.
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We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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