Captain’s Log – Star Date 08302009
Location: Home Port, Galaxy of California
(Translation: our house in San Diego)
Star Ship Wolverine docked at Home Port at 1707 hours (5:07 PDT)
Engineering Report: Everything Worked! Truly Excellent, Dude!
Weather Report: Hot!! REALLY HOT!!
Trip Initiation Odometer Reading – 106139.4
Trip Final Odometer Reading -- 116186.3
TRIP MILES -- 10,046.9
FUEL USAGE -- 11.9 MPG
Commodore’s Assessment – ALL MISSION GOALS MET OR EXCEEDED!
Captain: We’re HOME!
Admiral: (Yawn and Stretch!)

We could taste the sour dust in the tan swirling air…The outside temperature stood at 111 degrees Fahrenheit…Welcome to El Centro, California! The outside temperature topped out at 113F as we crossed California’s Imperial Valley and started the steep climb into the Laguna Mountains east of San Diego. This situation is to be expected if one is crazed enough to drive from Phoenix to San Diego on an August afternoon! It was not a BAD trip … just a trip when our very lives depended upon the correct functioning of our truck’s air conditioning system! We took Angie into the truck with us as the trailer was far too hot. Our truck…and its AC system… functioned superbly, thank God, and we all arrived home in satisfactory condition!

As we drove into San Diego, Barbara was finishing Volume 24 of Dana Fuller Ross’ twenty-four-volume “Wagons West” fictional book series. She has read every volume on this trip…and has given me hints about the extreme hardships encountered in settling the American West…including the very places we had visited on our memorable journey! At home, our garage door exterior was graced by large colorful “Welcome Home” posters prepared by each of our granddaughters. Inside our house was a great balloon in the form of a Monarch Butterfly and a vibrant orange-and-yellow floral arrangement…gifts from Dan and Teri, our son and daughter-in-law. Our homecoming was as rich as our journey!

Our granddaughters, Laurel and Ella, have grown in our absence…they are tall and very smart and exceedingly beautiful! Of course…being a Grandpa…I am just a bit PREJUDICED! The girls introduced us to Frankie—our new grand-dog! We like him. He’s a mellow pup. I told Dan that Frankie is to dog-dom what Angie is to cat-dom! This is the highest honor an animal can GET!

Our journey has come to its conclusion. We are honored and grateful that all of you were a part of this adventure with us!

Chapter 3 of the Book of Ecclesiastes starts with one of my favorite verses…
“For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under Heaven.”

The season for this RV travel adventure is over. We are happy to be home now!

Every season is a reason to celebrate our gift of life!

This blog is now finished. We hereby surrender our military commissions.

Affectionately,
Bob, Barbara and Angie

Over and Out.