Venice!

We made it!

Rolled into Venice in the early afternoon.  Thought about all the things we could do -- go to laundromat, check in at AirBnB, visit the bank to open accounts, etc etc -- then made the 100% correct decision:  we went to the beach.

Water was lovely.  Gentle surf, and temperature about like the Jersey beaches in August.

Some numbers for the trip:
     3754.8 miles total distance travelled
     27.9 miles per gallon (in the 4000+ pound White Whale!)
     73 hours and 15 minutes total driving time
     21 days on the road
     11 states (CA, AZ, NM, CO, TX, OK, AR, LA, MS, AL, FL)
     1 traffic stop with "slow it down a bit" warning   
     86 degrees at the beach when we arrived!