So long, farewell, auf weidersehn, goodbye!

So this is it... Here we sit (brokenhearted) in lovely Ogallala, Nebraska, driving back home. As I say every year, the great thing about Nebraska is you can wake up in Nebraska, drive all day long (in a flat, corn-lined, straight line), and at the end of the day, you are still in Nebraska.
If you've joined us here on the ol' blog, I thank you. It's been fun. All we do now is drive and park, drive and park, drive and park, 1,500 miles. Which really isn't bad considering that when we get home, we'll have gone almost 13,000. Usually on the last post, I put together tallies of everything... how many loads of laundry, miles hiked, loaves of bread, etc., but am just too lazy. If you've enjoyed the witty banter, our new coffeetable book titled "Lewis and Clark Were a Couple of Soft-Traveling Pansies", filled with photos and delightful quips, will be available for only $149.99, or 12 monthly payments of $99.99. So, um, that's it. Nothing else to say now. Guess I should just stop typing. Yup, that's a good idea. But it's hard to give up. Really ought to finish this up, though. Definitely. Anytime now I can stop ty