Days Inn Searcy

... I'm in Memphis, I thought it would be nice to visit the family again in Tyler, Texas for a couple of nights. On my way to Denver. Where I have to be on Thursday. I'll leave that with you....



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This entry takes the standard of blogs to new depths of mediocrity.
And by, 'takes', I mean, 'plummets'.
Two sides of a triangle are better than one.

... br>
Tomorrow we head for Louisiana and hope we will be traveling with sunshine and a temperature of at least 60.

So glad our 5th wheel has a furnace and portable heaters.

Despite the weather the Mississippi River view is gorgeous, Graceland was nostalgic and the Corvette Museum is what dream cars are made of.

Louisiana beckons....

The Mrs.

As one enters Graceland you see beautifully manicured grounds, with horses grazing in the pastures surrounding the estate.

Going in the front door you see the living room to right completely as in was in the 1960's. Each room has been preserved to the exact standards to when he was living.

The mansion was crowded with people from all over the United States ...

... asked that she be carried back to the mountaintop to spend her last days.

The Indians made a stretcher of deer skins and bore her up the trail near the point of the mountain to their camp on the brow overlooking the mountains and valley to the south. At sundown that day, she died.

Many years later, a low mound of earth was found in a cove on the east point of the Mountain, with rocks that fitted so perfectly that they could ...

I left OKC with sun and cloud and 44 F. But as miles of farmfields and trees passed, the clouds thickened up and I wondered when the thermometer would hit 50. It did in spite of the persistent cloud cover, about an hour outside of Little Rock. But, hey, it did not rain.
Saw more of the city than ...

Friday October 9, 2009

Rain. Rain. Rain.

We checked in at the park entrance and the host said that the lake was rising and he expected it to add another 4 feet of depth shortly. It stopped raining for a little while so we took a cold damp bike ride and surveyed the area around the campground. The boat ramp, fishing pier, roadways and ...

I hope everyone enjoys this misadventure with my Dad and myself. We will give updates and pictures as we go along. The official time of departure will be Friday? We r only 2 WEEKS behind, but should be for a good trip. Well will talk to u on the 12th

... thinking about it. But that's not true at all. From the instant I decided I was going to go on this journey more than a year ago, I've know it would happen. The only difference now is that I know a few more details. There are still a ton of things to do in the two months before I fly away (actually, less than two: I'll be in Chicago with my family for about a week before I leave): I need to get a visa for Thailand, I need more ...

... prayer! Please continue to pray for all of us. I know that none of this would have been possible without all the prayers on my behalf and I really appreciate it! The books that were donated are also a huge blessing and I know the kids will really enjoy them! I want you all to know that I will miss you and that I am scared to death of going over there, but I really feel like this is ...

... and helpful to their neighbors, but also very protective of each others' privacy. In his classic "Walden Pond," Thoreau wrote, "Simplify, simplify, simplify," and we experienced that during the trip (perhaps he did not mean that we should live in a space smaller than an average closet for four months). Now we must face the fact that we have two storage closets full of clothes and household goods. We are a little overwhelmed by the prospect. After we left the Moab area, we ...