Epilogue

In no particular order:

Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, nice crews, bad crews, good food, bad food, sunshine, snow, great cities, beautiful hamlets, pushy presenters, sub standard venues, sub standard digs, great audiences, screaming children, screaming adults, teachers who smile, teachers who frown, great books, rubbish books, mix Cd's that worked, mix Cd's that really didn't, gas stations that let us fill up without a zip code and those that made me shout very loud, continental breakfasts that wouldn't know a croissant if you threw it in there face, stunning scenery, flat boring drives, great exchange rates, ok exchange rates, bloody awful exchange rates, you've got to be kidding me exchange rates, winners, losers, hope over fear, change over none, Obama over McCain, too many adverts, static electricity, google map searches for anywhere to eat that meant we didn't need to get in that van again, 1 speeding warning, a van in one piece, 13,105 miles, 71 days, 24 venues, 3 actors, 1 stage manger and 1 smelly Gruffalo suit!

America is a strange, wonderful, mad country, but its a grand madness and we'll be back for more in January.

Merry Christmas and thank you for reading the blog

See you soon

Alan