Day 21 – Back Home in Iowa
August 17, 2013
We arrived home at 2:30 am and carried our two sleeping boys
up to their beds. They had tried valiantly to stay awake to see our house and
cats when we arrived, but as bedtime came and went, each of them fell asleep.
4,030 miles. 3,286 photos (on my camera cards). Five people
ready to sleep in our own beds and take real showers.
When we woke up this morning, I felt as if I had been on a
boat for three weeks. I was off balance and kept expecting our bathroom to sway
and tilt back and forth. The boys and I
walked out our back door and into our yard and I said “What a great campsite! We have our own
waterfall, a big grassy area, a sandbox and two cats.” Peter said, “and our own
swing!”
We unpacked the camper as we started, by putting everything
into bins and placing them in our garage for later sorting and putting away. I
started the first of about 20 loads of laundry and we all cleared out the RV. I
feel grateful that the engine, brakes and tires all worked for the whole trip.
Unfortunately, the rest of the features to support actually living in the RV
were either broken or worn out. It felt good to say thank you and good bye to it.
Later in the day after we cleaned the RV, Ricardo left to
return it, and I showered, I decided that we have the best shower in the world.
It was nice to feel truly clean. It was also nice to setup my laptop, plug it
in and have both power and an Internet connection. Both of those were hard to
find during our three week road trip.
To start our next chapter, after Ricardo left with the RV
and I showered, the kids and I left for the airport to pick up Luisa, one of
Alle’s cousins who will be living with us for the next five months as an
International exchange student from Germany at our high school. Tomorrow, we
will all visit the Iowa State Fair (the biggest and the best in the world!) and
start getting the girls ready to start school next week.
Thanks for your interest and reading. Safe travels and happy
camping.
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