Monrovia, MD: Home At Last -- Another Trip In The Record Books

At last! After an incredible trip we are back in Maryland, our starting point almost 9 months ago. Actually we were gone for 226 days, 8 hours, 23 minutes and 36 seconds. Ok, Ok, I'm guessing on the minutes and second however the number of days and hours are correct.

We arrived back in Maryland last Wednesday and what a great feeling to see our children after all this time.

What an incredible trip! Mary Lynn and I went through 21 states including Alaska, 2 Canadian Providences and 1 Canadian Territory. Along the way we visited countless communities, monuments and parks, including more National Parks than I can count (unless I take my shoes & socks off). We saw numerous mountain ranges, some of which have so many mountains and are in such remote areas that many of the mountains have not been named.

Of course who could forget our flight around Denali National Park and landing on Ruth Glacier, which is located on the flanks of the largest mountain in North America, Mt McKinley.

We put 10,000 miles on the RV, all the while towing the CR-V. Plus, once we parked the RV, we put another 2500 miles on the CR-V exploring the local area/communities. That's roughly 1430 gallons of diesel. Using an average of $3/gallon (we paid much more than that in Canada) that works out to ~$4300 in diesel fuel, just for the RV. Just don't tell my financial advisor...

As you may know we tried to sell our house in Maryland two years ago just as the market was disintegrating. We took the home off the market after two months. We decided to try out living in our RV full time to see if we liked it as much as we thought we would.

If you have followed much of the blog you know we love traveling in the RV. Therefore, despite the incredible decline in housing prices we are putting our house back on the market.

So far we have been immersed in getting the house ready to go on the market. Life the last few days has been a blur of arranging landscaping, house staging, cleaning, movers, car repairs, insurance agents, car rentals, etc.

Hopefully we'll be able to list the house within two weeks.

Know anyone who wants a beautiful house about 45 minutes outside of Washington, DC at the bargain price of $625K? If so, have them contact me. It's a lot less than it was worth two years ago but we no longer need the house.

Meanwhile Mary Lynn and I are cleaning, packing, and planning a few short RV trips. We will mostly be in Maryland until the house sells or until after the holidays. In any case, it sure is good to be back with so many family and friends.

See Ya!