I have to say that since late April, when we started exploring northern Arizona and then into the Rockys, life passed at a mile a minute! We saw seven of the best national parks in the mountains plus over a dozen great state parks. Our last campground in Colorado was 8000′ high and my old lungs were feeling it. So for the last 17 days, we have slowly worked our way across Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and into Illinois where we are sitting on the Illinois River watching the barges pass by while sitting by the campfire. Tomorrow, we return to Indiana for several weeks to cram in doctors, dentists, opticians, and several other professional appointments. We then have many friends to catch up with and relatives to visit. Then, in three weeks, we will raise the sails and work our way up to Maine, then down the coast to the Outer Banks, and then who knows.