{"id":281,"date":"2014-10-21T04:48:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T03:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2014-10-21T07:11:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T06:11:20","slug":"end-of-our-rv-adventure-by-ben-dan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"End of our RV Adventure &#8211; By Ben &#038; Dan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020737-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"P1020737\" width=\"244\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020737-228x300.jpg 228w, http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020737-779x1024.jpg 779w, http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020737-609x800.jpg 609w, http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020737.jpg 1717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found that we had become strangely attached to our &#8220;home from home&#8221; when it came to dropping the RV off in Vegas last Friday, but then again, looking at the following, perhaps it\u2019s easy to understand why:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 4,565 miles driven in 35 days (we planned for 2,500!);<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 12 National Parks or Monuments visited;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 10 of America\u2019s 50 States visited;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 3 States driven through in one day on 2 separate occasions;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Continental Divide crossed twice;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Highest continuously paved highway in N America successfully navigated (it was closed because of 3 foot snow only 3 days beforehand)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Major rock fall in Yellowstone narrowly avoided;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 18 different campsites\/RV Parks stayed at;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 522 gallons and an eye watering $1,828 spent on fuel (memorable for not such good reasons!)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 3 minor traffic violations early on in the trip, fortunately when no police officers were present!<\/p>\n<p>What an awesome adventure, one that we hope that none of us will ever forget!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1030218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-322 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P10302001-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1030200\" width=\"211\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P10302001-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P10302001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.walkerfamilytravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P10302001-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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