Day 16, Holt, Mich.

HOLT, Mich. -- The journey comes to its end.

We left Milwaukee on the Lake Express at lunch time, and two hours later docked in Muskegon, Mich. The boat is an excellent way to avoid Chicago sprawl and enjoy a leisurely trip from points west to the Michigan peninsula.

We were all delighted to see the old homestead, but equally sad as our adventure is over. It brought us:

• Nearly 4,500 miles
• Hundreds of buffalo
• 35 episodes of Alf
• Countless hotel breakfasts
• Dozens of national parks and monuments
• Several geysers
• Lots of mountains
• A bunch of big rivers
• Too many times through Taio Cruz
• Three water slides
• One alpine slide
• One Great Salt Lake
• Thousands of memories
• And one BIG THANK YOU!

Thank you, Grandma and Granddad, for the trip of our lives!