The New England Patriots

 Current owners of the worst record in professional football.”  It sucks to be them; for a while anyway.  Maybe it really sucks to be the next team they play though! Meanwhile, the Broncos remain undefeated.  Go Broncos!  

It has been warm here in the Rio Grande Valley,

 …as it should be, but today was cool (80 degrees) and rainy.  A little rainy weather seems right in tune with all the Florida hurricane coverage we’ve been watching. Our weather cleared in time for a sunset. A brief respite from the heat; our weather should be back to normal tomorrow (in the 90s).  The weather will get a lot worse for Florida before it gets back to normal. 

Home again

 We’re back in South Texas. Final 2017 Summer Trip Map With a celebratory stop at Whataburger. We’re back to our comfy little house …after a grand adventure.  We were on the road for four months.  We traveled a lot of states (I tried to count them but I got confused).  Five Canadian Provinces (two we had never been to before).  Every U.S. time zone (four)(not counting Alaska and Hawaii).  Ten thousand miles.  We stayed in sixty-six different campgrounds.  Got visits with family and friends we don’t get to see very often.  We witnessed four full moons and a solar eclipse.  We got turned around by forest fires and smoke.  Our return to Texas travel plans got changed by the hurricane.  And some of us gained less than a pound a month.   It’s good to be home. Maybe I like this view of our trip the best.  J A wider view of the 2017 Summer Trip Map