Vacation Aftermath

We returned home last night to find 9 messages on our answering machine. All nine were from politicians. We also had a stack of mail, which included twelve politician brochures, and nothing interesting at all.

Our van, at it's best, fully loaded with stuff and people, achieved 25.667mpg, but not over mountain passes.

We drove almost 2000 miles. Next time maybe we'll fly. Or stay home.

We didn't run over any animals on this trip. We actually didn't see very many animals at all. Just a couple of chipmunks and a distant herd of elk grazing on a 14000 foot mountain.

It rained (usually a lot) every afternoon on our trip, except the one we went horseback riding, and the one where we visited friends.