Aug 20--Des Moines, Iowa to Home

I got a little ahead of myself and included our stop at the Amana Colonies on the 19th when we actually stopped there on the 20th. I guess we've been on the road long enough. It was a long day of driving but we made it home all in one piece. Gosh, did we see some sights!! The Jeep trip over the passes to Telluride and Marble/Crystal are something we'll never forget. Thanks to John and Elaine for hauling us to places that we would have never seen had it just been us two. Thanks to Karen for being so funny and to Jeff for the great kayak trip. I wish Larry would have been able to make the trip with us to Ridgway. I'm sure he would have added to the general craziness of the trip. According to our calculations our recent trip was just over 4000 miles. The month long trip earlier this year was about 3000 miles. Our little Starship Avion has performed like a champ. We are always the oldest unit in the park and usually the smallest, but we could care less. Our little old trailer is perfect for us. We'll unpack and clean up the trailer and truck, and then park them for a few weeks before we head to Arizona. Can't wait to hit the road again. We would be remiss if we didn't mention Tipper, our little travel companion. He had Katie, Rocket, and Woodrow as playmates on part of the trip. Here's a picture of the little guy in the sage brush. Also here's a picture of a little bull that watched us set up at our campsite in Oakley, KS. And finally, a repeat of the picture of the aspen tree's. We used this picture before but it's so magical that I couldn't resist posting it again.