HOMEWARD BOUND

Miss Flora-Belle Trehan and I


Miss Myrna receiving her "Bless This Home" gift


Mr. Archie receiving his quilt donated by Mennonite Ladies
(traditional gift)


Goodbye Bayous that we have grown to love

TONIGHT, WE ARE AT A NICE RV CAMPGROUND CALLED "HIDDEN LAKE" AT ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, AND I AM THRILLED TO HAVE WY-FI, IF NOT A COMPUTER TABLE. WE DID A LITTLE RECALCULATION AND TURNED NORTH OUT OF TEXAS SOONER THAN PLANNED. LAST YEAR, I WANTED TO STAY IN TEXAS AS LONG AS I COULD, BUT THIS YEAR, WE HAD BEEN TO TEXAS LOTS, SO THE NOVELTY WAS NOT THERE. WE'LL SEE MORE OF OKLAHOMA THIS YEAR. HAVE TO PICK THE PLACE WHERE WE WILL STAY TO CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW NIGHT. MAYBE STILL CAN SLEEP IN THE R.V. IT IS MUCH COOLER HERE THAN WHERE WE HAVE BEEN!

WE DROVE ON I-35 FOR A WHILE SO WE COULD STOP AT A WELCOME CENTRE, BUT WANT TO GET OFF OF IT AS SOON AS WE CAN. TOO MUCH TRAFFIC! THE OTHER HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN GOOD.

I HAVE SO MUCH FOOD IN THE R.V. THAT WE HAVE TO EAT "IN" FOR A WHILE YET. I MADE BACON AND FRENCH TOAST IN A DOLLAR STORE PARKING LOT THIS MORNING... IT WAS TOO EARLY TO EAT WHEN WE LEFT SHREVEPORT. BOY DID WE EVER SEE A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE THERE - NOT EVEN ONE WHITE PERSON FOR A LONG SPELL.

TOMORROW IS OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. WILL HAVE TO FIND SOME SPECIAL SPOT TO STAY, PROBABLY IN THE WONDERFUL STATE OF KANSAS (ECH). HOPEFULLY WE CAN STILL SLEEP IN THE MOTORHOME, AS IT WILL BE SOON ENOUGH THAT WE CANNOT. WE CAN ALREADY TELL THAT THE WEATHER IS COOLER AND WE ARE ONLY 500 MILES AWAY FROM THE GULF, WHERE WE BASKED IN 80 DEGREES THE LAST TWO DAYS.

WE HAD TWO HOME DEDICATIONS ON OUR LAST DAY, MARCH 27TH. MYRNA'S WAS IN THE MORNING, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. IT WAS DONE BY THE CAMERON MDS UNIT. THEN THE SENIOR RV GROUP HAD A PRIVATE HOME DEDICATION FOR ARCHIE'S HOUSE. THERE WERE FEWER PEOPLE THERE. WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE MISS FLORA-BELLE TRAHAN AND HER HUSBAND (CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME) THERE. THEY ARE UP IN THEIR 80'S AND GOOD FRIENDS OF EVERYONE DOWN THERE. TRAHAN IS A VERY BIG NAME IN THE WHOLE AREA. THEIR SON, TIM, OWNS THE RV PARK WE STAYED IN. HE'S A HECK OF A NICE FELLOW AND WE GOT TO KNOW HIM AS A FRIEND WHILE WE WERE THERE.

WHEN THE DEDICATIONS WERE OVER, EVERYBODY PACKED UP AND LEFT.

SO, THAT ABOUT COVERS ALL OF OUR NEWS TO DATE. WE DO NOT LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SNOW AGAIN, BUT DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE AT HOME, SPENDING TIME WITH GRANDCHILDREN AND HAVING MY SHADOWS BACK (DOGS).

GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.