Today we began or migration back to our home-base in Texas. We traveled just under 300 miles, arriving in Kingman, AZ for the night. For the past 11 years the trip has been an integral part of our lifestyle. Yet both of us have noticed a distinct change in the way that we view our travel in this direction, now that we have a fixed home again and permanent neighbors. We had not anticipated the feeling of wishing to get home such as we are now experiencing. I suppose that this is an indication that we chose well with our selection of a place to land.

We have learned that several of our neighbors who were gone for the summer have now returned and that the fall pace of activities at our home is beginning to increase. It can be very tempting to push on, faster and longer each day. Even so, we plan to spend most of a week in travel back.