October 31. 2012
Cederholm Compound, Peoria, AZ
Well, we’ve made it “home” once again from our “Summer”
travels. I put these things in quotes, of course, since they’re
euphemisms. Arizona is our “winter
home”, and the scope of our absence extends well beyond the summer season. But, it sounds right for some reason…
Since I tend to keep a lot of information on our travels,
let’s put some of that to good use with some interesting (to me, anyway)
tidbits.
We traveled about 4,808 miles this year. This was a huge change for us, as we’ve
generally done 10,000-12,000 miles a year in the motorhome. Our decision to not
head East this year was a difficult one, driven mostly by the high cost of fuel
in the spring. We missed seeing many
family members and friends.
Our reduced travel schedule obviously resulted in a
significant savings on fuel. We “only”
used 847 gallons of diesel in our travels, well under the 2,000+ consumed over
the past few years.
Since we didn’t spend as much time staying with family and
friends, we did visit campgrounds and RV parks more often. Of the 38 different places we stayed, 17 were
commercial RV parks and 17 were Elks Lodges, with the remaining four being “freebies”. We did reasonably well on managing the
expense, though, averaging $27.57 per night all in.
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So, now we’re
generally all unpacked and unloaded. The
house is a mess, of course, but we’ll work through that over the next few
days/weeks. We made our annual trek to
Grimaldi’s Pizza last night, a “first night back” tradition when nobody feels
like cooking. The house appears none the
worse for wear, and the utilities are back on without much trouble, so we’re
back in business.
The next few weeks will be busy, with many appointments
scheduled. More on that in our next post…
1 comment:
I always like facts & figures, graphs, analysis, especially if it's irrelevant ... :).
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