That's All Folks!

Well, we've come to the end of the trail. I must say this was one whale of trip, a truly excellent adventure. Oh, the memories of those crystal blue lakes in northern Minnesotta, the deep green forests, and the lush grass that I so loved to roll in. I'll dream of those endless fields of corn, and the rolling hills of Wisconsin and Tennessee. I'll keep hearing the blast of the train whistles each night as we tried to get some sleep. And I'll fondly remember meeting all the wonderful members of Mom's family-Connie, Kate, Sarah, Martin, Mary, Dave and Pam.

Dad had some final thoughts:

Perhaps the highlights of our trip were the speedboat ride on Clitherall Lake, the trek and then the view from Inspiration Peak, the Battlefield at Perryville, and of course, the Lady of Fatima statue, not to mention the Catholic Shine to the Mexican Saint in Lacrosse and the sand scupture contest along the Mississippi River in Lacrosse. Pat and I have traveled the world, including our great adventure to Nova Scotia last summer. But after two weeks traveling through the great American midwest, I can truly say that we live in a spectacularly beautiful and verdent country.Hopefully we can work to preserve this great land of ours.

Just a few final facts about the adventure:

- We traveled over 3400 miles in 17 days.
_ We passed through 7 states, and crossed over countless major rivers including the Ohio and Mississippi.
- Most of the RV parks were quite nice, except for maybe two or three like Berea, or the dump outside of Louisville.

But all in all it was a blast."

Jasmine here; I just want to thank Mom and Dad for another great and excellent adventure. But I'm glad to be back with all my Oak Island buddies. I can't wait

to tell them all about it when we next meet.