Mesa Verde was the last place we had on our itinerary for this trip, so we are headed for home. After a 400 mile day, we stopped for the night at a Love's truck stop in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. There are no Walmarts in these little towns. But this was on a hill overlooking the town, and we had an end spot with a view of the New Mexico landscape on one side (and a semi on the other). We still had cool weather for sleeping, and the gentle hum of 50 diesel engines bothered Mary Lou, but not me. In the morning I counted over 70 trucks and 2 other RV's in the place. ML liked the colorful array of trucks. Another 400 mile day brings us to the Walmart in Eastland, Texas. Overnighting in places like this is so much easier when all you need to do is sleep and move on. Our final night was spent in Dinosaur Valley State Park near Glen Rose, Texas. We met the grandkids from Keller (Fort Worth) and looked for dinosaur tracks (found 'em too!) and hiked to some geocaches. So we are about at the end of the trail. We have been gone 7 weeks and traveled 5850 miles (plus over 1220 jeep miles), in 15 states. Our sentiments at the end of this trip are the same as they were at the end of our West Coast trip, so I will use that brilliant prose again here. We have seen great natural beauty everywhere. We have seen vast vistas of mountains, valleys, rivers and gorges. We have seen all kinds of rock formations and geological strata. We have visited national parks and various other attractions. We have gained an appreciation of the great effort and hardship it took to explore and settle this land.
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Bo
7/26/2013 06:34:41 am
What a trip! Enjoyed your reports and the out of the ordinary places ML found to see. Looking forward to sharing your next adventure!
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Rub Hale
7/26/2013 06:36:43 am
Welcome Home!!! Enjoyed all the reports, felt like I was riding along in the back seat!! What a country!! Ya'll are great at picture stories.
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Pamela Harrington
7/26/2013 06:53:05 am
Brilliant indeed! Thanks for keeping me on the mailing list. I have really enjoyed all of your reports.
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Jim
7/26/2013 08:15:25 am
I have enjoyed your trip and the daily notes and pictures. It has helped me though the past week of sitting in my chair wishing I could be thre. Maybe I can take a trip like yours next year when iI am on both legs.
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7/26/2013 10:36:23 am
MANY THANKS FOR TAKING US ALONG .... WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT TRIP. TOM AND PAT
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Rosemary Self
7/27/2013 05:54:39 am
You two are amazing!! Thanks for including me "along on your trip". I felt like I was there!
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