I've finally made it! Home at last! It is warm, warm, warm and lovely!
I drove roughly 1/6 the way around the Earth, from one ocean to another, through mountains, deserts, plains, hills, and swamps. Also blinding snow, white-out fog, and miserable rain for the past two days. But the Sunshine State, true to form, brightened my day and my trip in the final hours (and virtually right at the border) with blue skies and bright sun and warm wet air like a soft hug from an old friend.
My lips are readily unchapping. Photos soon to follow....
LOVE!