Home Again: It was a great ride

We arrived safely at home at 12:30AM on Monday morning after a 14 drive on the final day. We pulled into our driveway and Keith offered up a prayer of thanksgiving for safe travels. We experienced wonderful grace without even a flat tire over all the miles we traveled. Here is a little trip trivia:

• 21 states: 2 countries
• 12 setups/takedowns of the pop-up (each taking minimum of 1.5 hours)


• spent $1996 on gas (we had budgeted for $4/gallon never dreaming it would go so high). We were a couple hundred over our budget, but saved a little money when we came home a week earlier than anticipated.
• Linda wore 1 pair of earrings the whole time (a personal goal to simplify my life)
• NO Fast Food until the final day of the trip home when Linda caved in a caffeine deprived moment and bought coffee at McDonalds. [Keith was disappointed]. Is coffee really fast food???
• We didn't use ANY paper plates or cups. We also used cloth napkins to help save the earth.
• 6 years in planning (to get time off and save the $$$ while still paying tuition for our much-loved children)

We love you all and hope that you can take your own sabbatical some day soon.

A sweet teenager from our church asked me before we left, "I heard you were at Sabbatical? Where is Sabbatical?" I told her it was some place in Ohio.

Actually, it is a state of mind that God gives us when we are obedient to his commandment to rest and refresh. We have been so blessed. Thanks for sharing our trip.