The Grand Circle

Summary, highlights & conclusions

48 days, 9 States and 7006 miles (11.200 km) just going from point “A” to “B”. Altogether with the sightseeing’s and day trips along the way we (Rupert) drove 8926 Miles (14280 km). 

That was our route - going clockwise

It took me some time to finally (kinda) relax and get used to our new "life-style". It is hard to keep everything up the way I am used to (I trust I will again shortly) and I often drove myself crazy. It’s a mixed feeling being home. While on the road I don’t worry about the daily stuff. And there will be a time where we will do it again. Maybe for longer, maybe for a very long time. Get rid off all worldly possessions and just go.

We did see so much in a very short time. Like I mentioned earlier this was not a vacation, it was a trip. As of right now everything is still a bit blurry. Little by little it will come back when we will look at all those massive amounts of pictures I took. And we will be amazed once more of all the things we’ve seen and done. 

The Grand Circle - we have covered pretty much all of it

We have formed new opinions and confirmed old ones. We do agree that we are not “people” people . We liked it a lot being alone on the road and with no crowds at sites. I have to (still) learn to understand what the word “historic” means in terms of America. That’s why we skipped a few things. Coming from a place with a lot of history, we are a bit “spoiled”, one could say. There will be places where we will go back to, though. There will be books to be read and the internet will be searched in order to get more information that some place seems to lack (or we were not satisfied with).

For those of you that were wondering about Dicker and how he was doing on that trip;

He ate well...

..he slept like a baby.....

.....made sure to know all the hiding places

.....and he was always watching us. Making sure we were there. Such a good "Kater" - our Dicker. He never puked or did his business anywhere else than in his box. We are so glad we took him along. And we believe; so was he. Although - he is not adventurous - just looked out through the screen and had NO interest in going out. We tried, he hated the harness and turned right around and went back inside.

My favorite highlight were the Antelope Canyon, Arizona and the drive we did through the San Juan Skyway and all the other things. Not to forget the Cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, and, and, and.  Besides the sites where the Native Americans come from, St. Augustine in Florida is the “most” historic place. So many things we saw, a lot of things to see and do. Thanks to my loving hubby, he showed me what he always wanted to show me; go out West in a motor home! Love you, man!

This blog was mainly for us. For those of you that followed: Thank you. We hope you enjoyed coming along. It’s been a pleasure having you. Maybe we will see you for the next trip - where ever that might be.

All in all; A once in a life time travel.

Ta-ta