Current Location: Volo, Illinois
Today’s Song: 65daysofstatic – Supermoon
Something about this song describes the scenery of this entire trip to me – starting off slow through the Canadian Prairie Provinces, then into the mountains and the coast and returning over the mountains, and back to the plains.
For the final leg of the road trip, I made the short (this constitutes “short” now!) drive from St. Louis, Missouri to Volo, Illinois. I was intent on getting home, so drove it as quickly as possible, with only a stop in Dwight, Illinois, for lunch. Continuing my attempts to stick to local places, I went to Dwight Pizza, which had a 4.5 star rating on Yelp. It was…OK. The owner was friendly, possibly overly so, but it was a welcome break from the road.
I got home and unloaded the car, put stuff away, and started a load of laundry, then went to pick up Charlie and Nora from Ma’s. To say they were happy to see me was an understatement.
I think Charlie may have missed me ???? pic.twitter.com/EDYjriMvZU
— Road Tripping Husky (@DuncanDaHusky) July 23, 2017
Home. pic.twitter.com/A7uh2JFbDt
— Road Tripping Husky (@DuncanDaHusky) July 23, 2017
Thus ends the Great Western Road Trip. The final totals:
6,409 miles traveled
126 hours and 10 minutes of driving
I’ll have a final post with my overall thoughts in a day or so, but to answer the biggest questions I get from friends and co-workers:
Was it worth it? Absolutely.
Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. I might rearrange the scheduling a bit, but that was one of the best vacations of my life.
Stay tuned for the wrap-up!