Wednesday, October 10, 2018

FINAL POST

We arrived home in Lackawaxen, PA on Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 at 12:45pm after 60 days away!  We can't thank Bill and Nancy Reitsma enough for cutting our grass weekly, getting our mail and checking our home. 

What an outstanding travel experience for both Wilma and I.  We have been so blessed to plan and accomplish a goal like this and to see the United States of America, its people, States, Rivers and Mountain Ranges.  

What a gift to actually see and experience locations for 40 Lewis and Clark 1803-1806 related sites as well as 41 "other" sites. And we were able to spend time with daughter Cheryl Lynn in Seattle, WA, visit with family Dirk/Sharon Postma (Lyman, WY) and Rich/Joy Anema (Kinnewick, WA) as well as visit with friends Don/Jeannie Aupperlee (Lynden, WA) and Malcolm/Jane Huston (Whidbey Island-Oak Harbor, WA).

Below are the arrival pictures as well as a final summary of most of the important highlights:

 

SUMMARIES	NO.	NOTES
Days away	60	14Aug to 10Oct-18
Churches Attended	7	Calvary Chapel, Evang.Free, Presb. Baptist, Alliance
Rivers Crossed	45	Listed
Mountain Ranges Crossed	7	Appalachian, Rocky, Bitterroot, Cascade, Shenandoah, Blue Ridge, Coastal, Allegheny
French & Indian War Sites Visited	3	Ft. Necessity, Braddock's Grave, Ft. Pitt
Lewis and Clark Sites Visited	40	Listed in Blog
Civil War Sites Visited	1	Ft. Stevens, WA
Indian War Sites Visited	3	Ft. Buford, Custer Battlefield, Ft. Benton
Other Sites Visited	34	US Mint, Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia, PA (Independence Hall, Benjamin Franklin Post Office, Benjamin Franklin Home, Liberty Bell, Charles Wilson Peale Portrait Gallery, Museum of the American Revolution, Christ Church, Benjamin Franklin Burial Site, City Tavern, Osage Orange Tree), Daniel Boone Grave, Gateway Arch Mat'l Park, Old Courthouse, MO, Boeing Tour, Mukilto, WA,  Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO, Charlie Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT, Dordt Colege, Sioux Center, IA, Dignity Statue, Chamberlain, ND, Continental Divide, ID, Logan Pass (Glacier National Park), Fruit Loop Tour, OR, Multnomah Falls, OR, Semihomoo Spit, WA, Chuckanut Drive, WA, Morton Thiolkol Rocket Garden, Natchez Trace Parkway, Deception Pass, WA, Grand Ole Opry, TN, Golden Spike Nat'l Historic Site, UT, Columbia River Gorge (WA, OR), Bonneville Lock and Dam, Ft. Cascade, OR,
WWII Sites Visited	1	Japanese Sub Shelling, OR
Miles Driven	11,000	Actual 10,993
Campground Sites	31	Listed in Blog with Pictures
Digital Pictures Taken	3,240	Canon and Nikon and cellphones
Bird Species Viewed	107	Listed in Blog
States Crossed	21	PA, MD, WV, VA, OH, KY, IN, IL, MO, NE, IO, MN, SD, ND, MT, ID, WA, OR, UT, WY, TN
Snow Covered Mountains Viewed	4	Hood, Rainer, Adams, Baker
Visits Friends and Family	5	Cheryl, Aupperlees, Anemas, Hustons, Postmas