Back home again!

Where did two months go!  WOW!  We are very glad to be back.  Neither of us think that "full-timing" would be for us, (that's the term for those that sell their homes and live in their rv's 12 months out of the year).
We have a few fun things to tell you about from our last week on the road.  The 3 days it took to get from Dallas to Cave City, KY were uneventful, drive and set up and tear down and drive some more.  Weather was fine, which we greatly appreciated.  Especially since they just had some nasty stuff go through there this week.  We lucked out on that!
We had two reasons to stay a few days in Cave City.  We both wanted to visit Mammoth Cave and Rog's cousin Paul lives in Glasgow which is a few miles away.
We had lunch with Paul and his wife, Betty, on Friday.  They invited us to come out to their home and go fishing with them.  It was a blast.  Paul was reeling in blue gill and bass as quick as he could get his line in the water,,,well almost that fast :)

That's Rog farthest back, Paul and Betty.

Great catch Paul!

 

We had a nice visit with them.   They even sent us home with some fish !  The foothills of Kentucky are very beautiful.

Saturday we went to the cave.  We were both curious to see how Mammoth would compare to the cave in  southern Indiana, I think it is Marengo and the one in Missouri, which I can't remember the name of.  It was a fun tour, but we both thought that Marengo is more "jaw dropping".  However, we can now add another national park to our been there list.

This is the entrance to the cave, deep set back in the woods, you can barely make out the park ranger on the right hand side on the walkway.

We had 108 people in our group.  We were one big slinky climbing down the 250 stairs into the darkness.

 

The cave in southern Indiana as well as the one in Missouri both have many more large areas (rooms) with more stalagtites and stalagmites.  I'm sure it's because of the geology involved in the creation of the cave itself.  Mammoth has over 300 miles of cave that has been explored, which is the longest cave system in the world.  Which is pretty amazing when you think about it.  It was quite the tourist attraction in the 1800's. It didn't become a national park until 1941.

We left Sunday and drove to Columbus, Indiana for the night.  It was already getting colder, we knew we were closer to the frozen zone!  We rolled into Middlebury around 1pm on Monday. Unloaded most of what we needed and headed home to Rainbow Bend.  Our cats, Isaac and Andre, were most grateful to be free of their carrier!  It was a long trip back.  That's all part of the adventure.  We traveled over 5,500 miles in two months. 
Now we can sit back and contemplate our next adventure.  Hopefully we will be taking Rog's Mom and step dad, Paul, to the Badlands of South Dakota in May!
Thanks to all of you for your support and kind words.  We enjoy posting to this blog, it's like we get to share our adventure with all of you.
Take care, until next time, keep Grabnlife!