End of the Road

This is it!  The end of the line!  We can finally be done writing about this one trip, 2 months later.

We had a 5:45 a.m. flight out of Christchurch, and since we had to drop off the Spaceship before we left anyway, we decided to just sleep on the side of the road outside of the Spaceship depot.  No one was there because of the holidays, but since it is illegal to sleep in a campervan on the side of the road, I was paranoid the whole night that I would wake up to a police officer shining a light into the cab.  We got lucky, however, and were still handcuff free at 4 a.m. when our cab showed up.  I wasn't sorry to say good-bye to trusty Maxima.  We had to wash and vacuum her before returning, which I was so surprised by.  But cleaning up what you rent is standard here, even renting a bach.  Lance and I were talking wistfully about what we would do first upon arriving home.  I decided upon throwing myself spread-eagle on the bed and then standing up next to it.  I was sick of having to share a bed with two people and crawling around in a trunk hunched over to get in and out of bed.  Lance wanted to sit in his recliner and watch football all day long. James wanted to crawl around.

It was a trip of perfect weather, gorgeous views, gross bugs, friendly people, lots of PB&Js, satisfying hikes, numbing waterfalls, and exotic sea life.  We were glad we went and glad to be home.  One more adventure under the Weber belt!

ODOMETER 2287 km

1421 miles (from Denver to Detroit and then some)