I feel like I’ve driven half-way around the earth’s diameter. Actually, according to the odometer on the red Ford Escape, we did indeed travel that far.
Our total distance driven, including side trips for sight-seeing, came to an astounding 13,589 miles! If you’re into engine care and maintenance, that’s would be three oil changes (and filter, of course). And, as we pulled into our driveway, we were overdue for a fourth change.
I walked into the kitchen and saw the calendar next to our Samsung refrigerator. Take a look:
That was our departure date, October 15. I see it was a Thursday. I took the calendar down (I was thinking there was something superstitious about leaving old calendars on the wall. I only see them in Auto Repair Shops and they have Betty Page photos and the dates are around 1956 and the guys that work in some of these…
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