Homeward Bound!

Daybreak at the KOA

It was 6am Saturday morning and time to hit the road!  I slept like a rock, only waking up once in the middle of the night to shed the sleeping bag because I was too warm.  No wonder, as it was 62F when I woke up for the start of a new day.

Because I pulled into camp well after dark, I had no idea what the KOA Campground was like.  It was actually very nice with many shaded sites along with a lot of amenities like a playground, indoor gameroom, large men's & women's bathrooms with showers.  I guess if you are looking for a nice campground for a few days away, the KOA at $43 was a pretty decent value.  For me, a parking lot at the local Walmart would have been OK . . . well OK until I would need to use the bathroom.  HA!

It was another beautiful morning, good for a drive.  I had wondered if I would run up on the backside of the thunderstorms that passed though the night before, but alas, it was clear sailing all the way home to Milwaukee.

Actually it was an amazing time on the road for the entire 10 days, from start to finish.  I had relatively little traffic, no terrible weather to drive through and I only saw one accident that caused some headaches for the holiday week drivers.  As I was driving south of LaCrosse, WI towards Madison, I noticed several Army vehicles in what looked to be a couple of convoys of Army reservists.  As I came through the Baraboo area, TOOTS forewarned of "traffic ahead."  I sighed thinking, "what the hell, it's a Saturday afternoon with clear skies!"

As I approached the I94 split off towards Milwaukee, however, I saw the reason for her concern.  A couple of the convoy vehicles had crashed, including one that was tipped over on its side.  No bueno for sure, but it looked like everyone was OK.

Because I would be leaving town on Sunday evening for a work event on Monday & Tuesday, I stopped by my office to pick up some things I would need for work.  With that work detail taken care of, next stop would be home!  I rolled into Casa Bennett right at 2:30pm.  Not bad as I covered the last 515 miles in about 8.5 hours.  Gotta love the 75 MPH speed limit in Minnesota.

So to recap . . . the drive home was just under 1,400 miles and was covered in 25.5 hours.