5-13-2023 Introduction to the Spring-Summer Trip

 At 1640, it’s been a long Winter and Spring riddled with appointments:  surgeon, cardiologist,  dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, physical therapists, lab tests, x-rays, the care and feeding of Noobee and a variety of miscellany like haircuts, a plumber and a tree doctor.  The calendar looked like a spaghetti bowl.  Nevertheless, a plan developed to get out of Dodge which required monumental focus and effort. 

 

Granddaughter # 2, Rachie, is getting married to Cody on May 20 in Spokane.  This seems like a valid enough reason to push the summer trip ahead a bit and make a big loop of it.  From Spokane, we hope to travel over to western WA to visit family and friends.  Then we’ll lollygag east across the beautiful northern states as far as Minneapolis-St. Paul and blindly draw a squiggly line to wherever is next.  For us, traveling across America’s heartland and bread basket is always a wonderful treat as we make every effort to find tiny back roads and stay off the freeways.  Maybe we can cross off a few entries on the bucket list while we are at it.  We will see what trouble and stories we can find.

 

So for now, Day 1, we made it.  We juggled, ran the maze, weaved through the obstacle course and spun the plates.  The goal was a 10AM departure.  We drove away at 10:39AM.  This is some kind of milestone!   And we are off like a prom dress!  Three hours into the 9-week trip, it rained on us.  Not a lot, just enough to ruin our beautiful wash job.  Ach du lieber.  All is well.