Wednesday

Last long day of travel.  Seemed interminable.  BUT...it went very well, even getting through Dallas with no stops or detours.  We were very grateful for that easy slip through the tangle of traffic there and no mishaps at all.  

We stopped to visit with Mary Jean and Trippy and Jake in Fairfield.  They say that Gene (my cousin)  is about gone as far as Alzheimer's is concerned.  And Mary Helen, his wife, was having her 83rd birthday that day.  He wouldn't believe it.  He thought she was about 50.  Well, that's how I feel too. 

Came on down to Barneys and left the big van in the church parking lot near their house and took the car and truck to Crosby to unload them so we can fill them again tomorrow with necessities from the van. There was a brother in the parking lot that suggested that we remove the battery from the van so that it wouldn't be hot wired and stolen, but Dad opted to trust and not worry about it because we have no tools or energy to do it.  We will see. 

Thanks to Barneys for all the help and support.  Now tomorrow we get to take the van to the storage unit and have some guys unload, take the van to the dropoff place in the middle of Houston (!)  and then take the necessities to Crosby and get settled there.