Day 65 Tuesday July 2/13 Victoria, BC 20420 kms

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Ian and Helli here one last time.

ONE LAP BACKWARDS AROUND INDIANAPOLIS.

Seven provinces and twenty-five states later, we have come full circle. Indianapolis happened to be in the middle.

Number of:

- visits to Tim Horton's: 18

- visits to McDonalds: wouldn't even know where to start. Probably ~60

- refuelling stops: +60

- times we dropped the bikes: 0

- blogs written: 65

- Provinces: 7. BC, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, PEI

- States: 25. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York State, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California

- Biker waves: +4,000

- Ferry rides: 9

- Hotels: 51

- runs and/or exercise: 3 (I wasn't going to include that, but ....)

- camping nights: 0

- meals at Denny's: 1

- trip cost: priceless

As we have written before, it was a huge privilege to be able to take this trip. If we could do the same adventure just camping, it would have reduced the cost immensely because the hotel rooms were our biggest expense. Next time? And so as this adventure ends, we have so much to reflect upon, and so many memories to share. it will take us a long time to process everything we have seen and done in the last 9 weeks. We can't remember or tell you what we were doing 3 months ago, however we can tell you what we've done every day for the last 65 days.

Thank you to everyone who rode along with us. Reading your comments every day kept us connected, and it was a race between Ian and I as to who could log in to the blog first to see if we had any responses!

P.S. OPEN HOUSE AT OUR PLACE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT JULY 6/13. 6:00 PM - MIDNIGHT. SLIDE SHOW. LIBATIONS. GRUB. COME ON BY AND SAY HELLO!

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Comments

[Sharon]

Welcome Home!!!
While it's great that your home, I'm sad that this is the last blog - I so looked forward to reading it every day. What a fabulous and unforgettable adventure, welcome back.

[John]

Great adventure. Great accomplishment. Great memories. Great times. Great blog. Thanks for taking us along. Damn! We have another commitment on Saturday night. Double damn! I hope we can connect another time soon. Welcome home. J

[JOAN MUMBY]

You are home!
My dear Helen and Ian, How privileged I am to have shared this adventure with you - I vote you to be the world\'s best bloggers! You have shared your full range of emotions with whoever read those blogs, and now they are a priceless gift to youselves - the pictures, the maps and the memories... You came to visit me right afer you rode off the ferry - What an honour, and what a surprise! I am so happy to have you home again. Love you, Mum xoxoxox