We have decided to close the travel journal on this trip. We are waiting (it will be a long week) to get our car out of the shop in Watertown, New York, and then we are headed back as quickly as possible to get home. There won’t be anything to write about that will be of much interest on the way. These will be long driving days and stops just to camp without seeing things of interest, so we will spare you the details of just those necessary camping stops. We have canceled interesting stops we had schduled so that we can get home sooner to be around for more important events at home, like our first granddaughter.
We have achieved our two goals for this trip, simple as they may be. That was to get all the way to Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, and to feel the butter drip down our fingers as we ate fresh lobster at the pound. Mission accomplished! But it’s time to make a beeline for home and see our family there. We will be pounding long days on the highway and will be too tired to even keep this journal going. Thanks for coming along and being electronic passengers with us. This United States of America is so beautiful that it takes our breath away at times. We saw more things on this trip than ever before; it has been a terrific trip and well worth the time and expense. We moved with ease to and through all these destinations and saw things we would never have been able to see except by camping.
Millions of Americans are doing this all the time (some fulltime), and it’s available to everyone, from Harleys to popup campers, to fifth wheels to motor homes. There is something affordable and available to everyone, and we love to see the families camping, because the kids are the next generation of campers in this beautiful country. We had a kiddie playground right outside our window at the last campground, and we listened as they used their imaginations on two play structures that were boats. They had their rubber knives and plastic guns, and they were capturing pirates on the way to China. We were quite entertained by their many adventures even in the rain. Great memories were being made in a safe and fun environment while their parents enjoyed sitting around the campfire, then the kids could run back for s’mores. The fires burn long into the night at these campgrounds, and the lifestyle is one that has been going on since communities gathered around fires to sing, hug, tell stories, and pass traditions down to their kids. It’s still going on in America, and it’s a wonderful thing. So for now, we say happy camping and have a wonderful summer. We’ll see you next time when we open up the journal to more travel adventures on this most beautiful nation on God’s green earth!
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