On the Road Again

We covered a lot of ground, literally, since last week. We started off in Laguna Woods, and are now back in Broken Arrow, OK.

The downsizing of GG's belongings continued on Monday. Tom took the remainder of her clothes to a Women's Shelter and Steve went with Cynthia to the American Legion to provide new homes for wheel chairs and walkers. Tom spent time loading the van in anticipation of a Tuesday departure. That evening eight of us (less Sally and Steve) went out to eat and had a delightful time. 

Tuesday Tom finished finding space for the last of our stuff and was able to leave a tunnel in the back so he could see out the rear view mirror. His brother Stephen had thoughtfully brought him a Regulator Clock which he made a comfortable travel space for. We were able to say our goodbyes to everyone and be on the road by noon.  We made it to Williams, AZ to spend the night. Wednesday night we spent in Tucumcari, NM and we arrived at Miranda's Thursday evening. The trip was uneventful.  We did have some strong tail winds; in fact our gas mileage increased 3 mpg for that segment of the trip.

Sandy handled the trip well, but needed Friday to recuperate. Tom did 99% of the driving.

We spent the next two days relaxing and activating our new phones.  That means after 12 days without my own cell phone, I am now connected again!  And with the same number...except we just learned we aren't getting incoming calls.  Both mom and I now have Samsung Galaxy 7s, which means we are only a few years behind.  The Verizon store was near a Chick Filet so we had to stop for lunch...and Andy's frozen custard was a short walk from there, so we had to indulge there also. On Saturday, Dan and I tackled a leaky external faucet problem which taxed our plumbing abilities and our skills at not burning the house down with the torch needed to melt the solder that was next to a stud.  It took more time than expected.  And, there is still a very small leak; but that should be a relatively easy fix tomorrow.