And so we come to the end...

This could be the last blog entry for us. We have officially completed the RV trip, and are planning on spending the last couple months of Andy’s paternity leave in Squamish, British Columbia. We’re renting a lovely townhouse and although renting a place, through kijiji, from complete strangers was rather risky, we are happy with the house.

Our drive back from Los Angeles was relatively uneventful. We had a teary goodbye with Grandma at the LAX, and then we drove North. It got cold quickly, I started to get sick, and we were eager to get settled in Squamish, so we only took a couple days to drive. We did stop at a Science Centre in Ashland, Oregon and a couple of malls so I could do some Christmas shopping.

We have moved our stuff from the RV into the house, and the kids were quite excited about having a home again. We don’t have a kitchen table, chairs or a couch, but we do have a Christmas tree and our stockings are hung by the fireplace. Andy bought us a van today, so now we just have to figure out how to furnish this place cheaply for the next little while. And we need to find someone to buy our R.V. Apparently Christmas in a winter climate is not the ideal time to try and sell your R.V. Who knew?

I spent some time today reflecting on the trip and how good our God is. He kept us healthy, safe, and so well cared for. He always supplied a place for us to stay, and He absolutely awed us with His creation. We feel so blessed to have had 105 days of family time IN A ROW. We traveled over 25,000 kms by road and thousands more by plane and boat. We visited 5 provinces, 1 territory, and 10 states. We played on over 75 different playgrounds. We treasured our visits with family and friends that we hadn’t seen in a long time. We ate at Chipotle and Panera as often as we could. We found ALMOST all 50 states in license plates (apparently those in Arkansas, Connecticut and Vermont don’t travel on the west coast). And we had an amazing adventure.

Thanks for reading our blog. We hope you enjoyed the journey as much as we did, and we hope you’ll track with us on our next adventure: The Wilson’s Sail Around the World 2016. Just kidding. Sort of.

Soren in the bubble in Oregon.

Preschool Science.

Sharing frozen peas with my brother!

Things are getting Christmas-y around here!

Our first Western Christmas Tree. Already dead because we don't have a saw to chop the bottom off.

Annika is almost as tall as me. AHHH!

Stockings hung...but they keep falling off.

Soren does the star.

The Christmas Decorating Team.

When you don't have your toys, you play stocking/hanger ball.

In our new backyard.