We’ve arrived home after eighteen and a half days on the road. We arrived in Soda Springs last night about 5:30 p.m. and spent the night there. My brother Perry and his wife Chris along with my sister Eileen were there for the holiday. We had a lot of fun visiting, talking, and eating. Perry roasted the chickens on the grill using his beer-can basters (Diet Coke with Lemon, actually). We enjoyed the stay. We arrived in Pocatello about 5:30 p.m. today, dumped the tanks, and put pretty much everything away. We’ll head for bed in a few minutes and we’re back to full reality tomorrow.

We drove a total of 5,276 miles, mostly on nine and a half driving days. We got as far east as Easton, Pennsylvania and as far south as Paduca, Kentucky. Gasoline prices ranged from $2.579 per gallon in Green River, Wyoming to $3.079 a gallon in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The average price was $2.756 per gallon for the trip. We had a great time and really enjoyed the trip.

The town of Chesterfield, Idaho holds their celebration each year on Memorial Day. The town doesn’t really exist anymore — I’ve some pictures that I’ll put in in a few days that’ll tell some of the story — but mother, Eileen, Nina, and I went over to Chesterfield for a few hours this morning. The Holbrook Store closed its doors in 1955 and is now being renovated. As we came up on the store and the gas pumps standing outside, mother remarked that there was indeed something in Chesterfield older than she was…. They even matched in color!

Addendum: My brother pointed out that I had mis-named the place we went on Monday — twice — and got it right once. We were in Chesterfield, Idaho. For many years we lived in a neighboring township to Chesterland, Ohio and I’ll plead a fatigued brain for the slip. I’ve corrected the place name!