Homeward Bound!

Steve here:
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015

Stayed in a nice, rustic campground last night.  The gentleman has done a great job, but is working his tail off.   For whatever reason, he hauls water for the 24 or more campsites.  He has a big tank in his truck and bigger ones at the campground.  Perhaps his well is not good or he can't afford a well with more reservoir?
I delayed our leaving for a while this morning while I put our first spare on our most worn tire ( on the camper).  I have another spare, but need to have it mounted on the rim I just removed.
We are definitely eager to get home, but I had no intention of setting the pace we've maintained these first four days.
Doing my fuzzy math, I figured we had 4030 miles to travel from Haines, Alaska to Waterford, Maine.
So:  If we were to be home in 10 days, we needed to travel 403 miles per day,
       If we were to be home in 11 days, we needed to travel 367 miles per day,
       If we were to be home in 12 days, we needed to travel 336 miles per day.
I set us up a little schedule of 350 to 400 miles per day, but there are not always campgrounds where I said we could stop.  Surprise!!
Today was a great example.  I figured that if we made it to Lloydminster, SK, that would be a good day.  We arrived in good shape and the gentleman told us he had no available sites, but he bet that by 8:00 there would be some cancelations.  It was only about 4:30!  I looked at my navigator and she looked at me and that looks said, we can make another hour or two by the time he knows there is a site available.
We had no intention of driving 515 miles today, but by 6:30 - well shy of his 8:00 time line - we were settled in in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan!!
Tomorrow we should pass the half-way-home point!