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 May 5, 2021

We left Palm Springs May 1st and got home May 5th.  Denny  doesn't really drive very far each day so it takes us 4 nights and 5 days of traveling to get home.  Driving  an RV is very stressful and we weren't in a hurry to get anywhere, one of the benefits of retirement. We usually go anyway from 200-300 miles in one day, that's about 4-6 hours

This will be my last blog post because, as many of you know, we bought a house in El Mirage, AZ. After 12 years of snowbirding in our RV, we decided on a another life style change. I really enjoyed the RV lifestyle of traveling, but on to new adventures. It will really be quite a change this coming season.  Next season we will drive the truck and a small UHaul down to AZ. While there, we will buy a car suitable to drive into the desert and leave  it at our house. The following seasons we will fly back and forth.  

We were very lucky to sell our RV while we were still in AZ. My sister in law's son, who lives in Bellingham,  bought it. We still needed it after we sold it but that was fine with him because he still needs to buy a truck to haul it with. We will clean it up and drive  it to Bellingham, probably in late June. 

Synopsis  of our trip

Miles traveled: 8081

Stayed in 9 RV parks: 5 on the way to AZ and  4 on the way back from Palm Springs

Since Denny was getting tired of driving to so many parks, we stayed 4 months at the same park  in Buckeye, AZ and 1 month at the same park  in Palm Springs.  

Spent $3523.26 on campgrounds

Diesel: $1880.62

It was kind of a bittersweet going down  memory lane this season. We were in some campgrounds that we have stayed in every year of our travels. Every time we stopped we talked about previous years there. 

I have really enjoyed writing the blog, hope you all enjoyed it too. It was a great way to stay in touch with friends and family to let them know where we were

Our last 2 Happy Hours on the way home. The first picture is in Weed, CA. The 2nd picture is in Albany, Or. We have been to both of these parks since the beginning of our travels