the trip

6/12/07...well you may have wondered where I have been. It has all been a blurr but this story is true. 6/2/07...After the Smith Family reunion and some family hugs at the condo, mixed with some "are you really doing this?"times scrambled with loading the truck...the car dolly "who gets the plants?"mixed with lots and lots of thunder lighting and buckets of rain,a flood soaked tothe bone,last minute pictures, glances of saddness glances of trust, and encouragement. What great children we have!!!THEN..dun dun dun ...a great calm...much like being led out of Egypt, crossing the red sea, and reaching the wilderness. The journey was taken over by "M". I drove out at 5:20 with M as shotgun,singing the songs from"". paint your wagon". Pouring down rain, lots of traffic, it took o0nly nine miles for M to look over at me with his good eye and do his "Clint Eastwood"...pull over...! He drove to Forrest City Ark. Tired but safe and dry.6/3/07...AROSE! A little sunshine! Breakfast @ motel bar free waffles and peanut butter...fuel for the tummy...truck wa blocked...could not get out...had to take the car off the dolly, get truck out put car back on, go to bathroom. Finally, left parking lot @ 8:30...bought gas...called to check on Nancy...flight may be stopped in Dallas ...we could beat her there...10:18 thru Little Rock...11:30stopped at rest area to let nature take its course...Oklona ...getting cloudy agasin...on we go...M...still @ the wheel...sky getting darker...we know not what lies ahead...12:30...Texarkana...sky getting darker..WAIT! Iknow why!!!!!!!!!!12:31...Entered the Great State of TEXAS....more to come...I think I hear the kids...its 4 in the morning...