Wisconsin Backdrop

Day 294
Dousman WI- Argyle WI

The job interview went well as far as I can tell. For the last time, possibly in our lives, we pack up the house and hook up Shirley for the next destination. Westward bound across the the state of Wisconsin is the new look out the window. Flat farmland in the southeast gives way to rolling hills in the southwest. Along the way we keep our well traveled eye open for a reminder why we came back. Strangers wave us through stop signs. Roadsides are litter free. Graffiti is a distant memory and not a single homeless person is seen on the streets. We pull up to my dad's place to park the RV and start figuring out our new lives. One last curve ball of the trip is hurled at us before we hang up the keys. The driveway is so steep the RV doesn't want to make it. Shirley gets unhooked and I let Penny drag her hitch across the pavement for a few feet.

The lateness of the afternoon will not hinder our motivation to begin our new lives. Penny loses half of her belongings to the basement next door. Her job is complete and will now have to be prepped for sale. Shirley on the other hand, she's gonna stick around in the family for a while.

Hours of the day slip by into late evening. We give up working and crack open a cold beer with the old man. The view from either the driveway or back porch reaffirm that we made the right choice. Traveling the entire country has been an amazing experience. We've been to 49 states and covered 35,000 miles since May 2017. It's over. We are home.