The Europe Wrap-Up

Old people in Venice.

We are back in the good old USA.  Jet lag is still slowing us down after several days or perhaps it was walking 275 miles during the last 12 weeks.  Or maybe it's old age.

We are very happy to be back in the motorhome and will be staying in Washington state until September 6th.  Right now we are in Tacoma staying at Tammi and Robby's house.  We're getting our grandkid fix and loving it.

We're also getting to know the new grandchickens.  The Bunns added 3 hens to their family while we were gone.  JR has trained the hens to follow him everywhere.  It's like a small train as he walks around.

So here are the final numbers on our Europe trip:

   Countries Visited:   9  -  England, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany,
                                             France, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic

   Time:   83 days / 12 weeks

   Mileage:  12,547 air miles,  3,012 train miles

   Walking Mileage:   700,000 steps or 275 miles

   Visited:   21 cities

   Stays:   16 AirBnB's  /  3 hotels  /  no park benches

   Times Lost:   Countless

   Pick-Pocketed:   Once

   Mountains Climbed:   2  -   that would be two too many

   Finances:   We managed to only spend $1,000.00 ($333.33 per month) over our normal monthly income.  For us that was less than we had planned on spending.  The money we had saved up during our cheap time of the year (our 6 months in Mazatlan) will be going toward several RV improvements this next month.

It was an amazing trip and we are looking forward to the next big trip.  But first we need some time to recover.  By the end we were both exhausted.

We have several RV projects to do in the next 6 weeks and we have to take care of a years worth of business before we leave again.  My "old man plan" is to do a project than take a nap.... and than repeat.

As always.... Life is Good.