On March 1, 2024, we sat out from Brownsville, TX on our 2024 Adventure through the Great Plains, the Midwest, and the South. We were in pursuit of 70 degrees and interesting places to wander. We were successful on both counts. We traveled approximately 6,900 Miles in our Motorhome, Kokopelli. This was roughly the same distance we traveled in 2023. We drove over 6,000 miles in Nakai, looking for and finding interesting places along the way. We stayed in 46 campgrounds and averaged 8 nights per stay. We averaged 150 miles every time we changed sites. Our shortest stay was 2 hours when the campsite did not work for us in Streetsboro, OH, and the longest was 2 months over the winter in Brownsville. I published 9,368 photos from our travels outside of Texas, and we filled our refrigerator door with magnets after 2.5 years on the road. (We have stored away our 2022 and 2023 collections to make room for 2025 alongside 2024.) We visited many friends and family along the way. I journaled our travels in 47 blogs. Whew, I am tired! We are ready for a break!
As you can see, we will not be doing much wandering over the next 3 ½ months. We will spend time with family, chase a few birds, and spend some time enjoying the Texas Gulf Coast. For this reason, I will be closing out my Bob’s Wanderlusting Blog with this edition. This will allow more time to enjoy our family here in Texas. I will continue to post pictures on FB and on Flickr. (Here are the links if you want to follow me on Facebook and Flickr.) This hiatus will also allow me time to pursue other writing projects that I hope you may find interesting.
These new projects may include periodic blogs on topics of interest. These are blogs that I may be reviving from time to time over the next four months. I will be glad to notify you when they are posted. If interested, click on this email address at the end of the blog and let me know which ones interest you. These blogs include:
- “The Shadowed Valley” – A blog I started when I was doing hospice work that is intended to support people who are dealing with all types and levels of grief.
- “The Whispering Presence” – A blog that reflects my listening for the sacred in nature
- “Notes from an American in Exile” – My reflections on feeling estranged from our common life as Americans.
- “With Open Hearts, Open Minds, and Open Hands” – A blog that shares ideas for reaching out to and caring for our neighbors who are feeling alone, frightened, or depressed during this difficult time of transition.
These will be posted as I feel drawn to produce them. There will be no set schedule, so you will need to let me know if you want to be notified. I will post them on FB, but if the past is any indication, you cannot count on FB to share the notice with you. Please let me know, and I will add you to the notification list for the blog or blogs you are interested in.
As I wind up this blog, I thank each one of you who has followed along our travels over the last two years. As I have stated before, I do this because I enjoy writing and sharing my pictures. But, your response and support have meant so much to me. “Bob’s Wanderlusting” has been read over 2,500 times, and I appreciate those who have stayed with us and shared kind words and comments.
Our 2025 travels will be finalized by the end of the year. We will head West to San Diego before turning north to Seattle. After a good visit with our Son and family there, we will head back to Texas for wintering in the Rio Grande Valley, stopping by and seeing family along the way. We are also starting to look ahead to see what 2026 may hold for our wandering ways.
I hope you stay in touch over the next few months and will join us on the road next March when I will do my best to share what it is like to live life in the Right Lane.
Have a joyous Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. See you in 2025.
Travel Well, My Friends!
Bob
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