#93 Back home again

Our voyage has come to an end – we’re sad, but happy to be home. In the week that we’ve been back in the US, here are some of the things that we particularly appreciate.

In the US

• Rest areas with ‘western’ toilets, running water, AND toilet paper
• Cars that drive in their own traffic lanes
• The low, low price of gas (now selling for about $8/gallon in Europe)
• Drinkable tap water and all the environmental policies in place that make it so

In Florida (where we hung out while waiting for Indiana to warm up)

• Warm southern states that allow us to postpone our entry to winter
• Key Lime Pie in Key West
• The homogeneity of the US that allowed Sonic Drive-Ins to make it all the way to Florida
• The ideas that Frank Lloyd Wright took (uncredited) from all over the world that allowed him to create the chapel at Florida Southern College
• The connections between Kansas City and Key West – home to both Truman and Hemingway

In Indiana

• The feeling that we get when turning on our street
• Dropping off the rental car and walking home
• Neighbors who are eager to greet us 
• Friends who have taken care of our home, stacked up all the mail, and brought dinner on our first day back

Yours in Indiana,
Mary