The end is nigh!

For some reason the last week of our trips always sees a big gap in our blog.
Whether the pace of life hots up and we don't have time, or the relevance of the blog diminishes, I think possibly the latter.
However here we are sat in a Post-Christmas haze and I feel the need to round off our most recent trip to the States.
The last blog entry shows us arriving at Sertoma for the Thanksgiving Meet.
Well, we had a very pleasant Thanksgiving. The weather was very cold, so there was not as much sitting out as usual. The Thanksgiving Feast was as good as ever. The concerts were very good. There was an excellent line up. Bluegrass Brothers, James King, Gary Waldrop, Goldwing Express, Nothin' Fancy to name but a few.
We enjoyed a new band Tomorrow's News very much.
All too soon Sunday came round and we made our way back to Connie and Jim's house to clean and close up the Trailer.
We flew home on the Wednesday evening and arrived home safely on the Thursday lunch time.
Thus ended our 6th trip to the United States, titled From Bluegrass to Blue Sea, as we intended to explre the area from Kentucky south to the Gulf Of Mexico. We did see the sea, but only as we crossed the estuary to the west of Pensacola and did not get a picture of it. We can only assume that it was Blue.
We have once more managed to cover a lot of ground, about 5000 miles. Of which 2500 were towing our trailer. We have travelled through 12 States, if only briefly for some of them. We have seen three mighty rivers, The Tennessee, The Ohio and The Mississippi. We have made new friends and visited old ones. Been through floods, but thankfully not encountered hurricanes. Highlights have been a trip on a stern wheeler on the Ohio, staying with the West's in Amish Country, seeing Gracelands, visiting the Lorraine Motel, following the Natchez Trace Trail and exploring New Orleans. We have attended bluegrass festivals at Raccoon Valley, Waldo and Sertoma. We have explored several important Civil war sites including Vicksburg, Shiloh. We have of course done much more than this, but to find out you will have to read the rest of the blog.
Our next trip will be in 2010 sometime. The blog address is roadblog60.blogspot.com, we hope that you have enjoyed following us on this trip and may want to drop in on us during our next trip, during which we hope to cross the Mid West Plains and see the Rocky Mountains.