The rest of the story

As you may have surmised I had to stop the trip due to smoke. I woke up one day to find the town I was in totally socked in with smoke and based on all the info I could find I was not making it out of the smoke for about 2 weeks based on my milage per day. I felt it was best to not struggle on, but rather come back next year. I have a variety of scenarios to think about, I may start in 2025 away from fires and nasty weather. Essentially though that is the issue, just making sure I am out of the way of smoke and tornadoes. I don't think it is too much to hope for. When I start again I will add to this blog and let you know what is going to happen. Thanks for your interest and thanks to all those who sent smoke and fire info to me. It did help.