Back home....

So here it is....my final blog.....firstly I have to say that I've had the most fantastic time. Driving right across the US has been a dream of mine since I first visited in 1976 so this is another box officially ticked !! (Of course other dreams included playing for England at the World Cup and dating Debbie Harry of Blondie so there's still a way to go...) Elizabeth and the boys gave the trip anything from a 6 out of 10 (Brandon); to a 9 out of 10 (Elizabeth). But who cares - I'd have to give it a 10 !!

These are some of the other interesting (and not so interesting numbers):-

No. of miles driven - 4,563
No. of days travelling - 25

No. of hotels stayed at - 14
No. of dollars raised for charity - 1,227

No. of pounds raised for charity - 1,820
No. of speeding tickets earned - 0
No. of times Tahoe dented - 1

No. of days without lunch - 14
No. of packs of Trail Mix eaten - 58
No. of blog entries posted - 24
No. of colleges visited - 11
No. of states visited - 14
No. of major cities visited - 5
No. of monuments visited - 7
No. of museums visited - 6
No. of boat trips taken - 5
No. of rodeos attended - 1

Stanford · San Francisco · Tutankhamen · California Academy of Sciences · Golden Gate Bridge · Alcatraz · Reno · Twin Falls · Jackson Hole · Snake River · Old Faithful · Yellowstone Park · Cody · Buffalo Bill Heritage Center · Deadwood · Days of ’76 Rodeo · Mount Rushmore · Sioux Falls · Des Moines · Chicago · Oak Street Beach · Chicago River · Northwestern · University of Chicago · Cleveland · Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame · Niagara Falls · Springfield · Amherst College · Boston · MIT · Harvard · Wesleyan · Yale · Greenwich · New York · NYU · Columbia · Princeton · Hudson River · Statue of Liberty · Ellis Island · Ground Zero · Manhattan ·

Finally, a few "thank you's".....to Bob, Louis and Robert for all of their emails of encouragement - you helped keep us going !! To everyone who made a donation to either of our charities - they're both great causes so thanks again ! And finally to the people of the United States we've met along the way who have always gone out of their to make us feel welcome !!

Cody's comment about mum's drinking had not gone down well...."