Aunt Susan and Uncle Joe...

Couldn't have done it without you guys!

The girls were happy to see us too! Where's mom?

Our very generous neighbor pledged $.10/mile which I was unaware of...what a way to end the trip and so very appreciated! Thanks Pam!

James made many folks proud...

Especially Grandpa Jim

Thes kids that followed along all summer are so precious!

Loved seeing all of them!

So happy to see family and friends!

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Day 99- Sept 5

After the homecoming, we came home to our house for the first time in
over 100 days. It was quite overwelming. Our house never looked so
good though with everything in it's place, dusted and vacuumed,
carpets shampooed, flowers everywhere all thanks to the Pomers and
Aunt Susan! They also took such wonderful care of our dog Pilot,
taking turns over the summer. When we walked into the house, folks
were glued to the tv watching our blog put into slideshow format and
choreographed to music courtesy of Uncle Joe! It was amazing! The
music is awesome and it was fun to see the pictures that we haven't
seen in awhile and even more fun for Mike and the kids as they hadn't
seen much of the blog! Thanks Uncle Joe! What a gift!

More friends before the finish line

Ed and Molly Dillon with Auntie Barb

Last Day :-(

Grandpa Jim O'Donnell had some things to say that left us all touched
but very teary. Our family was so proud of us and thankful to have us
home. It is the 4 of us that are so proud and thankful to have the
families we have. We thank all our parents for giving us the
experiences that we had growing up that helped to shape our worlds and
our appreciation for nature, exercise, camping, and good old family
adventures! We think we have passed that on and hope that we can
continue to have many more adventures with these wonderful kids that
we are so proud of! There are so many people to thank and I intend to
do so over the next couple weeks. We will continue to report info to
this blog as long as we can and continue to accept donations for some
time as folks continue to hear about the journey. We want to thank
everyone who has been so helpful on this project. You have made a
difference and we appreciate it so much!

Day 99

Media and Rebecca doing a beautiful job talking about the trip,
dealing with her diabetes, and how she successfully combined the two.

Family and friends and...

MY DOG! Oh Pilot! As my friend Moe explained to the crowd, "she kind
of missed us, but she REALLY missed Pilot!" We all did! He was in such
good hands I was actually just worried he wouldn't care about us any
more!

Family and friends...

...who held down the fort we left behind so we could enjoy a whole new
world of adventures!

Friends and family...

...always sending positive vibes and believing we could do it!

Friends and family...

Got us through the tough times!

Friends and family

We can never thank you enough for all your love and support!

Day 99- last day and...

The official dipping of the front tires in our most favorite spot on
the island!

Then Mike!

Then James...

Then me!

Rebecca crossing the finish line!

Day 99-Last Day-Ready or not, here we come!