We really enjoyed Passover in Sandbridge last year, so my parents rented the same house again for Passover this year, and my brother and his wife came as well:

The weather was not ideal, so much so that I didn’t get any flights in this time:

I did get a number of runs in, including a run north to the military base boundary, then south to the pier:

I also took the SUP out on the bay.  The winds were so strong that I was barely able to keep the SUP moving in a straight line.

We took lots of family walks and had two very nice Passover Seders.  It was very nice!

The magnolia tree only looks like this for a week or so.  Always a treat:

Drove east today to overnight at the Walmart of Clearfield, Pennsylvania:

The next day, Day 48, 8/15, I drove the remaining hours home.

See the trip map for these two days of driving.

That’s it for the Summer 2023 trip.  We’ll see what next summer brings!

When I attempted to put the truck camper back on the truck, I discovered that the truck camper’s corner jacks are not strong enough to lift truck camper with it full of stuff, so Trish and I went to town and bought a farm jack which we used today to help unload the front jacks to be able to lift the front of the truck camper so we could get the truck camper back onto the truck:

As we worked, a hot air balloon flew over and landed a few hundred yards away on the road:

I took a few farewell pictures after the truck camper was on the truck:

I reluctantly dropped off Trish at the airport before driving east to overnight at a rest stop on Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs, Colorado:

See the trip map for today’s drive.

Adjacent to the abandoned Missile base where I overnighted is the Athena mountain bike trail, which I rode this morning:

Next, I drove over to the portion of the base where the missile launches occurred (the gates were open!):

I then headed east to the Moab area. I made the mistake of riding a portion of the Klondike Bluffs trail network in the afternoon sun, and abandoned the ride as I felt heat stroke(?) coming on:

I’m overnighting near Canyonlands National Park, where I’ll be parked for a number of days.

View of what I hope will be my PPG launch field:

For the first time, I’ve decoupled the truck from the truck camper in the middle of a trip:

I’m currently sitting in the truck (my lightning shelter) until it’s safe to go back into the RV.

See the trip map for today’s drive.