Monday, March 19 - I mentioned in my last post that I might add a few statistics, just to provide a sense of what doing the r.v. thing is all about. Not too much, but enough to give you a sense of what our trip involved.

Total kilometers travelled: 11,850

Distance home from our furthest point west, Seminole Canyon, Texas: 3,418 kms.

Number of nights in various states: Virginia 1; South Carolina 5; Georgia 11; Florida 49; Mississippi 2; Louisiana 9; Texas 33; Arkansas 1; Tennessee 1; Kentucky 1; Ohio 1. Total - 114 days

Total liters of fuel consumed: I don't want to know, so not calculated.

Number of stops along the way: 39

Overall average cost of sites, per night: $32.15

Overall cost of transferring from Canadian to American dollars: don't want to know, so not calculated.

Total kilometers ridden on bikes: hundreds...would be more accurate, but my bike computer broke down, as did its replacement and its replacement. Need a new one.

Highlights: i) the freedom of being on the road and totally irresponsible;
                  ii) visits with Joyce in Palm City, Steve and Cathy in Champions Gate, and with Debbie and Ray in San Antonio;
                  iii) riding the trails in Lake Worth, New Port Richie, South Padre Island, San Antonio and Austin;
                  iv) finding a few new birds in the Rio Grande Valley area...just looking for them is fun;
                  v) getting notes from faithful followers of this blog, always great to receive;
                  vi) warm weather, when we found it, which was less frequent than in previous trips south;
                  vii) great performance from our faithful rig, with only a couple of minor glitches along the way.
                 viii) meeting a lot of interesting and friendly people as we travelled. American people are generally warm and welcoming.

Where to next? Maybe a little trip to Nova Scotia this summer. And for Gail's 75th, I've offered to organize a trip to the Lake District in England, as we haven't been to Britain for a long time. In 2019, we'll be heading west in the r.v. for our Lahr Reunion in Vancouver, and may build in an excursion to Alaska as part of it. We're getting older, so if we're going to do these things, now's the time.

All for now. Stay tuned. More some time later. Thanks for listening.