{"id":2393,"date":"2017-07-13T20:12:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T20:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2017-10-25T16:32:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T16:32:20","slug":"almost-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2017\/07\/13\/almost-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We left\u00a0Twin Falls this morning at 8:30&#8230;not too bad for us! \u00a0We had a little over 300 miles to go to get to Green River, WY where we were going to overnight before making it the rest of the way home. \u00a0The drive was pretty uneventful and so I took the opportunity to reflect on all the adventures we&#8217;ve had together with Ava and The Beast.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Ava in the mirror\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/35895309656\/in\/album-72157683515178994\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4207\/35895309656_a81fef04a9_n.jpg\" alt=\"Ava in the mirror\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>196 days of adventure to be exact. Did you hear that? \u00a0One hundred and ninety six days!!! \u00a0That blows my mind! \u00a0We&#8217;ve been to forts, caves, deserts, planetariums, star parties, beaches, presidents houses, battle sites, monuments, memorials, parks, capitol buildings, mountains, rainforests, cities, skyscrapers, estuaries, islands, rivers, canyons, arches, bridges, boats, kayaks, ferries, plantations, towers, lakes, zoos, museums and probably more. \u00a0I&#8217;ll have to figure out the exact number but we&#8217;ve driven close to 20,000 miles in The Beast, the majority of which he was pulling Ava. \u00a0At about 10 miles to the gallon and high diesel prices&#8230;.well, you can do the math but don&#8217;t tell me the dollar amount please. \u00a0Because, it doesn&#8217;t matter. \u00a0Those 196 days exploring this country with my family was worth more than any amount of money.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We arrived in Green River at about 3:00, unhitched, plugged into shore power and fired up the AC to escape the scorching heat. \u00a0After cooling down a bit we went out to check out the Green River. \u00a0We found a town park on the banks of the river that also had a splash park to help cool off. \u00a0The kids and Sheba all enjoyed the river water a lot. \u00a0We topped off the Beast with Diesel for the last leg of our journey tomorrow and went home for dinner. \u00a0After dinner Sheba got a bath and a haircut and we all got ready for bed&#8230;our last night sleeping in Ava.<\/p>\n<p>I recall the last few days of our long trip in 2016 as we were nearing home and how badly I wanted to stay on the move. \u00a0Returning to a stationary life was not appealing at all and I couldn&#8217;t fathom getting rid of the rig. \u00a0But this time it is different. I&#8217;m actually really looking forward to getting back home and I&#8217;m ok with the idea of selling Ava and The Beast. \u00a0They were a great tool for making memories but we don&#8217;t need to hang on to the tools to keep the memories. \u00a0And, we&#8217;re not done traveling. \u00a0Sure, we&#8217;re done traveling with Ava and The Beast but we&#8217;ll still travel.\u00a0I think we&#8217;ll work on some overseas\u00a0adventures next and maybe some shorter road trips using AirBnB. \u00a0And who knows, maybe we&#8217;ll get a camper again someday&#8230;but given our shorter trips it will definitely be much smaller and it will be completely off grid capable!!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Lord for 195 amazing days of exploring your creation with this family of mine. \u00a0Thank you for 195 days of safety. \u00a0I pray that the 196th day is just as safe as the others and that we arrive home safe and sound tomorrow. Amen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157683515178994_3103\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-slideshow landscape medium \"><div class=\"active\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4230\/35096301504_c57635e31f.jpg\" title=\"Down the road\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Down the road<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4207\/35895309656_a81fef04a9.jpg\" title=\"Ava in the mirror\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Ava in the mirror<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4277\/35096300124_f84d16b620.jpg\" title=\"At the splash park\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>At the splash park<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4209\/35895308016_9672ae6fae.jpg\" title=\"Not wet yet\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Not wet yet<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4302\/35126968643_9c3f456696.jpg\" title=\"Playing in the water\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Playing in the water<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4314\/35096294774_2790d90df2.jpg\" title=\"Dacen and Steph\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Dacen and Steph<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4241\/35126965943_13defcf37b.jpg\" title=\"Checking out the Green River\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Checking out the Green River<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4295\/35804048621_73f424ff7e.jpg\" title=\"Colling off\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Colling off<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4319\/35547678280_e9f20117b9.jpg\" title=\"Skipping rocks\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Skipping rocks<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4211\/35804046731_383b2abc1d.jpg\" title=\"Playing in the water\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Playing in the water<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4253\/35126962593_761a562570.jpg\" title=\"Barbershop\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Barbershop<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4234\/35126975323_2b798ae4a0.jpg\" title=\"site E 5\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>site E 5<\/p><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(\"#flickr_72157683515178994_3103\").data(\"options\",{\"delay\":3000,\"autoplay\":true,\"transition\":500,\"link\":\"next\",\"target\":\"_self\",\"width\":\"\",\"height\":\"\"});<\/script><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We left\u00a0Twin Falls this morning at 8:30&#8230;not too bad for us! \u00a0We had a little over 300 miles to go to get to Green River, WY where we were going to overnight before making it the rest of the way home. \u00a0The drive was pretty uneventful and so I took the opportunity to reflect on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[7],"tags":[101,99,83,84],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions\/2480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}