Saturday, September 6, at about 3 pm we backed the Matilda into here space at Fohl Street Storage. a tad less than 10,000 miles driving on this trip (truck miles, less for the trailer). We saw what we had set out to see and then some. The Sangre de Christo Mountains of New Mexico were as we remembered them and are probably in the top five of places to settle with no regrets. The Black Hills of South Dakota may be another spot but a long way from the mecca of internal combustion engines in the Deadwood-Sturgis-Spearfish triangle.
The five day drive home was not too bad. Side winds through South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, were a bit of a fight and made for terrible MPG. If nothing else, Sophie the cat is happy to see me back in my rocking chair where she finds a lap. She is, we are sure, happy not to be in the truck.
So ends another expedition and this blog. Sometime before Christmas I may be at it again. Check it out. I will be noting temperatures in the sunny south to help those in the snow feel better.
