The End....

Oh well I have been very, very slack the last few nights and didn't blog as I promised, as I have been eating, drinking and being very merry with the Connolly family here in Washington DC.  Of course I was also unable to stop chewing Helen's ear off as I have had no-one to speak to for the last month except for Silent Shano, Gracelene and of course anyone I could get my hands on at the Laundry, showers or fuel stations.  Times have been tough my friends and poor Helen had to take it for the team and she did a very good job of it!

Washington is just a really massive Canberra a far as I can tell.  Everyone here seems to think that they are better than everyone else and what they need to get done and where they need to be is so much more urgent and pressing than what I need to do, to be, to go!  Its all in the attitude.  It is however, very beautiful and I like it.  I am not sure I could live here because I simply do not have the same sense of entitlement as everyone else and I seem to be able to wait for things - I would NEVER be accepted.  Ha!

Shano has been speeding around the place at incredible speeds since relieving Big Bertha of her duties.  He has said his goodbyes and seems to be covering his sadness rather convincingly by accelerating  from 0 to 80 mph in 5 seconds flat every time we cross paths with a traffic light.  It was incredibly impressive and damn right miraculous however to witness Shano decanting our belongings from Big Bertha into our measly little ford focus.  I watched in awe as he squished and shoved everything in - perhaps there is a bit of MacGuyver in him after all.  That or he was a clown in a previous life and was in charge of packing the clown car full of 50 clowns.  Now that is a disturbing thought.

As for Gracelene, well we haven't seen her since we arrived at the Connolly's 3 days ago.  We occasionally hear squeals of delight from the playroom down the hall and she eats the food we put out for her so we know she is feeding.  She, too, I suspect, is extremely excited to have company instead of only her two boring, mean, nasty, boring, horrible, boring, boring, boring parents.

So there we have it folks, the end of the road for Team Gabriel in the Motorhome of Mentals!  Thank you so much for following our outrageous tour across the USA.  It has been humorous, challenging and bloody great fun and I hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have.  Also, I have attached a few more photos for you to laugh at before I sign off.  Take care everyone and please come an visit if you can and we love you all.

PS - I will be starting another Blog soon so you can follow our year in the US if you can be bothered.  I am sure it will be full of ways I have embarrassed myself, Shano and Australia in general.  I will keep you posted.  xxxxxxxx