Day 29 - Lexington, VA to Home

We woke a little later this morning, Wednesday, our last travel day of this trip. We packed up, had breakfast, and were on the road by 8:30am. The trip from Lexington to home was a short one at only 166 miles. We had an uneventful drive and were back at the house by 11:15am.

Our stats for this trip were:

7,286 driving miles

28 days

15 hotel stays

9 states (VA, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM, AZ, NV, CA)

8 Museums:

1. Osteology

 

2. National Cowboy & Western Heritage

 

 

3. Arizona-Sonora Desert

 

4. Titan Missile

 

5. Palm Springs Air

 

6. White Sands Missile Range

 

7. National UFO

 

8. Belmont Mansion

5 National Parks

1. Petrified Forest

2. Death Valley

3. Joshua Tree

4. Saguaro

5. White Sands

2 National Monuments

1. Organ Pipe

2. Bandelier

1 National Historical Park (Manhattan Project)

1 State Recreation Area (Salton Sea)

1 Aunt and 1 Uncle visited

1 Scenic Byway to Sky Islands (Mt. Lemmon)

 1 real rocket launch (a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Base seen from Joshua Tree at night)

 

1 simulated rocket launch (at the Titan Missile Museum)

 

We had a blast! (forgive the pun)