July 6, 2026 - Gainesville, FL

 We're home in Gainesville.  The GS is tucked safely in our garage and the Uhaul truck has been returned.  Our drive from Taos to Gainesville was fairly uneventful, which was nice.  Temperatures were consistently in the mid-90s with heat index over 100.  The worst weather we had was about 45 minutes north of Gainesville when a large Florida summer thunderstorm unloaded.  It was really nice being in the truck with air conditioning.

The trip really consisted of several pieces:

• Me riding solo from Gainesville to Sioux Falls, SD to meet Sooz
• Sooz and me riding through South Dakota and Montana to Glacier to meet T&S
• The four of us riding from Glacier into Canada parks of Waterton, Yoho, Banff and Jasper ending up in Calgary
• Sooz and me riding the GS from Calgary to Yellowstone NP and south to Taos, NM
• Sooz and me driving the Uhaul from Taos to Gainesville

The trip included a little over 6,000 miles on the GS and 1,600 miles in the Uhaul.

This is the route from Gainesville to Glacier where we met Ted and Sheila.

This is our route after meeting T&S through Canada and then all the way back to Gainesville.

This is typical of the heat we saw driving the Uhaul.  The a/c in the truck felt very good.

It took a few adjustments to get the GS securely tied down in the truck.

This is the trip conputer from the GS showing the entire distance of 6,009.7 miles traveled on the GS since I left on May 19, 2026