The Final Leg Home

Traveled 566 km to Cincinnati OH  Gas $1.81 gal

Then 386 km to Munroe MI.  Gas $1.76.

One more day to Canada.

Traveled 170 km to Bayfield On. Boarder crossing was easy.  We were then hosted for the night by friends.

Final Day.

Traveled 202 km to Blue Mountains.  Gasping at the price of Gas.

It is great to be home. But we will always remember the highlights.

For Kevin - Antelope Canyon, Tombstone and Death Valley

For Sandra - Sedona, Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest.

13,550 km traveled.

Days 67-69

Traveled 533 km to Little Rock AK  Gas $2.00 gal

Followed by %40 km to Peducah KY.  Gas $2.30 gal

A rest for the driver, while Sandra enjoyed the National Quilt Museum and some fabric shopping.

Days 65 & 66

Near Dallas we stayed at Cedar Hill State Park.  A round of golf at the Lancaster Golf Course.  Then a day on the Texas B-B-Q Tour.

We started this tour with viewing some high lights of Fort Worth  like this Water Garden. What an amazing structure.

Once you walk to the bottom the sound of the water is incredible.

From there to:

Here we enjoyed some local beer while sitting in the saddle

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 Then watched the daily cattle drive.

From here we were taken to three different restaurants were we learned about the art of smoking meat.  

Here is Kevin adding some wood to a fire that is smoking the meat in the next picture.

The food we tasted was so flavorful that Kevin is planning to try some BBQ smoking at home.

We would highly recommend this tour.

Days 62-64

Traveled 507 km to El Paso TX.  Gas $1.93

During this drive we had our first taste of snow.

Traveled 714 km to Abilene TX  Gas $1.85 gal
A days travel past fields of cotton when were expecting cattle ranches

Traveled 190 km to Dallas.  Gas $1.89

Our travel today was through the heart of the Texas oil fields, miles of horse-head pumps.

Day 60 & 61

Traveled to Tombstone.

 A final camping night with the  Wilton's.
 Traveled 340 km.  Gas $2.60 gal.

We began our day of touring Tombstone with a real western breakfast at Brenda's Chuck-wagon. Very delicious and we highly recommend it.  Our day consisted of watching a film about the history of Tombstone, watching a reenactment of the Fight at the OK Corral, and touring buildings preserved from the late 1800's where bullet holes in the saloons walls were still very visible.

Tombstone has a mining history.  Here is Kevin with some cages (elevators) from an old silver mine.

Day 58 & 59

After a fantastic two weeks in the Yuma area it was time to begin our journey home.  As we left this area one last Date milkshake was a must for Lunch.  Elaine and Eldon traveled with us to Organ Pipe National Monument.

What an amazing place.  To camp surrounded by so many different types of cactus was once again a different and beautiful experience.

The park has a self guided tour that we took.  During the tour we gained significant knowledge of Cactus and who knew there were such a variety of them.

We learned that Sarguaro do not get their first limbs until they are over 60 years of age.

One that some cactus were used for fencing.

We traveled 260 km        Gas $2.60 per gal.

We spent a second day here and took the opportunity to do a final 2.5 mile hike in the desert.