Thursday, May 25, 2006

With one day to “lift-off”, we are busy, busy. We have been working on getting the trailer and Suburban packed up with all the essentials we will need for the next 4-5 months, including two seasons, and all the “stuff” in-between. It seems that one of us is running daily, or twice a day, to town for this or that. It will be good to have it all done and finally be on our way tomorrow.


Friday, May 26, 2006

Well, today is the day. I am wondering if we will ever be ready to go. Last night was a baseball game of Ryan’s which we wanted to see and be around family one last time before leaving. It was hard to say good-bye, wondering if an eight-year-old, five-year-old, and three-year-old would understand why grandma and grandpa won’t see them for several months.

The weather, when just last weekend was cool, has turned quickly into summer and we are dealing with temps in the low 90’s and that dreaded humidity.

The washing machine has run daily for the last few days, trying to keep the dirty clothes washed up. Then once we got the boxes and piles of things up off the floors, we were able to clean the house to at least see what the floors looked like.

We hope to leave today at noon. Things don’t look positive! There have been several phone calls with people and neighbors wishing us well and safe trip. That has been so nice. We have great neighbors who are willing to help us out by watching our house while we are gone.

Departure time turned out to be 2 p.m. We heard from our friends in our caravan to Salem who were at Bill Thomas’ Camper Sales on the west end of Wentzville. We hooked up with them and the four of us (Airstreams) headed for Columbia, MO, for our first night. We got into the Boone County Fairgrounds for our overnight stay. Only one other camper was here. All of us went to dinner at a favorite diner called the 63 Diner. This is a small place in a 50’s theme with waitresses in poodle skirts and with pony tails and a life-size statue of Elvis gracing the entrance. When we got back to the campsite, we pulled out our chairs and sat around visiting until darkness set in. After a short walk, we have all retired to our trailers for the night. Till tomorrow……