Day 16 Home Again in Indiana

Rolled in today little after 5pm.  We are both ready to not ride in the truck for a while!

Tonight we scratched off the 8 National Parks we saw in the last 2.5 weeks:


It was a beautiful yet tiring trip.  We have now visited 40 of the 64 National Parks.  Have to start planning the next trip!

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