- 93 days
- 9407 km
- 15 States
- 3 countries
- 16 State or county parks
- 17 beaches
- 10 churches
- visited 4 sets of friends
- chatted with 150 people
- quite a few warm sunny days
- quite a few cooler and rainy days
- best place Destin: shopping, beaches, seafood, sightseeing, walking
- 2nd for me Turtle Beach, Sarasota County: rustic, great sea shells, conch blowing at sunset
- 2nd for Marie: Fort Myers: condo, yoga classes, shopping, warmer weather
- 3rd best place: tie Lake Louisa SP and Silver Springs SP: inland, lake, orange orchards, glass bottom boat rides, birds
- best visit tie: Fr Jack Lau, Oblates Novitiate, banks of the Mississippi, Godfrey Illinois; Betty and Glenn Clarke, Indian Shores Beach; penthouse condo near Clearwater
- surprise activity: 5 day Carnival cruise out of Tampa to Grand Cayman and Cozumel: really liked it
- visited Stones River National Battlefield Park in Murfreesboro, TN
- visited EWTN studios in Irondale, AL
- visited Paducah, KY (where the Tennessee R joins the Ohio not far from the Cumberland and Mississippi R junctures)
- visited Our Lady of the Snows National Shrine, Belleville, IL from where we could see the St Louis Arch
- on the way down went took I 81 to I 77 near Roanoke, VA, then to I 95 and FL
- on the way back took I 65 to Nashville and I 24 and 64 to IL, then I 70, I 69, I 75 and I 94 to Port Huron
It was a most amazing trip. Only problem with the Trekker we experienced was a seized caliper in Destin which we had fixed in 3 hrs.
To come: lessons learned and some more pics.
