Time to go.  Feeling a little sad, feeling like I don’t want to get back to the real world of bills and house cleaning and lawn mowing and sorting out my life.

But I could this trip, at least so far, as a success.  I had a lot of fun toodling around the desert.  Not sure I learned a whole lot of new stuff but being there, seeing the sights, listening to the sounds, smelling the smellies, and paying attention to the little details, it should all help with any future writing I do.

Plus, I achieved my goal of finishing my novel.  Oh there’s a good arguement to be made that I should have been able to do this at home but the simple fact is, I couldn’t.  I needed to get away, needed a break, need to get reinspired.

So, one last tour of the strip.  then get ready to go back home.