(August 23)
Dear Folks,
This is where we will spend tonight. It gets excellent reviews and is said to be completely accessible.
More tomorrow.
Hugs and Wags.
The Lowman Family
(August 24)
Dear Folks,
Well, our Journey consisted of 10,381 eventful, amazing, but–most significantly–SAFE miles.
What a thrill and privilege this trip has been. We have a lot to process and think about.
We give a shoutout to Google. As someone with the directional sense of a lemming, I thank her for making our Journey much easier. She showed the correct way most of the time. She can be a little sneaky, though.
On all our previous trips crossing back into the US from Canada, we have come through Van Buren. That’s what we wanted to do yesterday. We put in for directions for Drummondville to home on Friday to get an idea of time. She showed us coming home through Van Buren. We put in for directions yesterday, but did not check the directions. We got concerned when she had us get off the Route Transcanadienne and take secondary roads in Quebec and New Brunswick. We went through picturesque little villages on the water. And then we saw the sign for the Ft. Kent Bridge. Rats.
But it turned out for the best. We met John Anderson, the customs agent. He asked where we lived and we said Washburn. Then he asked where we had been in Canada. When we said the Arctic Ocean, his jaw dropped. He said that he has been doing that job for 18 years, and that was the first time anyone had said those words to him. He asked if there was a city at the Arctic: he wanted to learn more. We told him Tuktoyaktuk. That is hard to remember. SO we gave him a BEYOND LIMITS’ business card, so that he could follow what we had done.
Our favorite ride–even after all our travels–is coming down Route 11, a scenic byway–from Ft. Kent. We often do that to celebrate holidays. I did not think, after all our travel, that we would do that for Labor Day. So we did not: we did it yesterday, instead. We share some photos from the scenic byway.
When we got home, Mari was first to note it. She was beside herself. The Girls tore around the backyard. Then I did a lot of unloading.
This morning, Al and his son, Sheldon, came and helped us finish unloading and organizing.
The first part of the week will be spa times for Karma and Miracle.
Thank you so much, Folks, for your support, interest, and love. Having you as your network was a continual inspiration. We wish that you could have all joined us. But we felt your presence every step of the way. We have such an AMAAAAZINGGG network. We look forward to catching up with each of you individually over the next little while.
And please share about BEYOND LIMITS with others: beyondlimitsawaken.org. Ricky’s had been turning our texts into blogs. You can find on the website under Top of the World Journey. We would love to share more about BEYOND LIMITS with others.
Thanks again, folks. We couldn’t have done this without your help.
Take care. Be well.
The Lowman Family
