Day 23 (July 11th) – Springdale, Utah to Home

Today, we drive the last leg of the trip. This is a drive that we have made a few times before and are quite familiar with.

Over the past week the routine has been for me to get up shortly after 6:00 AM. I would take a shower and do some minor maintenance and make sure that the cooler has enough drinks in it for the day. I would then start to disconnect the water and sewer and turn off the propane to the trailer. Once Lisa got the inside of trailer squared away, and made lunch for the day, I would then ready the trailer to be hooked up to the car. Once everything was put away and the trailer’s roof was lowered. we would then hook up the trailer to the car and then start down the road shortly after 8 AM. Today is the last time that we would perform this routine, and I think that we are ready for a change in routine.

It didn’t take us long to cross into Arizona after we went through St. George, Utah. We were only in Arizona for about 27 miles as the interstate runs through the Virgin River Gorge, so we crossed into Nevada very quickly.

We passed through Las Vegas. The kids saw Circus Circus and wanted us to stop. They really love the carnival area of the hotel. But that’s like saying kids love ice cream. Their only problem is that Lisa and I had no desire to stop. So we continued down the road and crossed into California a short time later.

Our last stop was in beautiful Lenwood, California, which is the fast food capitol of the world. We did get gas there, but like most days on this trip, we made sandwiches to eat for lunch. I’m sure that the mayor of Lenwood is not happy with us.

We made it home in the mid afternoon, and proceeded to clean the trailer and move all our clothes and food back into our house. We made it through the three weeks without too much trouble. It’s good to be home.

We drove a total of 417 miles to day. We have driven a total of 7053 miles for the entire trip. We spent $69 on the purchase of gas today.

On Monday night, I will post the best and worst list for the trip. Who has the best and worst rest stops? The peeing public won't want to miss this. We will also have the best and worst moments and many more, so check back Monday night.