2023 Reiff Travels with the Bear

After 33 days and 8,190 miles, we are home! Home sweet home, and we were welcomed by Hannah with flowers, supper ready, yard mowed, house clean, and hugs! Life is grand! Bear clicked right back into all the routines and started checking his chew treat hiding places. It is very good to be home after a wonderful adventure.  We have both decided there just can't be one favorite thing...each one was our favorite. However, if you can ever do it, drive down the Avenue of the Giants in Northern California. You will get to be in another dimension.  Almost Home at Niagara Falls! We detoured through Buffalo and stopped at Niagara Falls, just for a quick visit. Wow. Another "you just can't get it in pictures" experience for sure. Luckily, I researched where to park if one happens to be in an RV; it was a lovely 15-minute walk along amazing water.  We decided to hit the area around 7pm; it is open till 10pm. Yes, there were many people, but not wall to wall; it was fine. I'd ...

Look closely...there we are in the Happy Breadbox Hen Wen...out...standing...in that field!  Need I say more?! It took us crossing four states to get there...Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and then Ohio, but we made it to the Evans Family farm where we stayed for a free night courtesy of Harvest Hosts.  Yes, outstanding, and a "pair-a -docs"!" Get it?  It was a long driving day, but there are things to see on the road!  Such as the town, Uranus. Uranus, with no disrespect to the planet...is being a bit disrespected in Missouri. I mean...we did see this set of signs...in neon:  Uranus... Uranus Fudge... The Best Fudge comes from  Uranus. Really? And no, we did not stop.  Speaking of "getting it," here is another thing I saw on the road. I just Love crows. Shout out to you Charlie! who loves crows, too! And don't get me started on drivers...whew. Yet when I think of the big picture... really, for all the cars, semis, trucks, vans, strange...