Hi Everyone!
The first thing I want to say is - Thanks to all our friends and family. What a wonderful send off we had. What a great week we had! We are going to miss each and every one of you.
For those of you that don't know - Mike and I left last Wednesday morning for our final trip home before we take off on our big adventure. The object of this trip was to take the pickup truck home AND a truck load of "stuff" that we thought would fit in the boat. It turns out the boat is a little smaller than we seemed to think it was when we were home earlier. Anyway, we headed out on Wednesday morning(April 27) which means we were driving through Kentucky when all the tornadoes were being spotted. Lucky for us, they went south toward Alabama. But the sky looked very wicked that afternoon. We spent the night in Lexington and watched a lot of the weather channel. Well, that is after we had a few at the Horseshoe Bar and Grill next to the motel.
The next morning we actually got on the road fairly early for us. We finally made it home to Joplin about 6:30 p.m.
We stayed the week with Dick and Debbie. A big shoutout to them! Thanks for letting us stay and for making your home our home. We couldn't ask for better friends. We love you guys.
It was a little strange that morning waking up to Cody barking and to a cat walking around on our heads. For a second, I thought I was back home on 33rd St. Then I really woke up and didn't know where I was for a short time! However, before the week was out, Mike and I were feeling like we were home.
Saturday night was awesome! Again, a great party at the Elks. This was a lot like the one 12 years ago, only without the snow! We enjoyed visiting with everyone. And like Sue said - We were surprised to have so many friends - wanting to see us leave! What a party! Hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. One thing I did find out though - I'm not nearly in good enough shape to keep up with the dancing Lydia! Grandma had a time keeping up!
We spent Sunday finally getting the rest of our things out of our house. We only had one room full, but it seemed to take forever! Finally we got it all moved out. Joleen can now have the entire house to herself. Joleen, anything left there can now be considered yours to do with how you want. LOL!
We flew out of Joplin Tuesday morning. We had a pretty uneventful trip. We did have to make two connections, but they went off without a hitch. In fact we landed in Richmond fifteen minutes early! That hardly ever happens! Richmond is about 80 miles away from our boat. So we had to find a driver to take us to the marina.
He showed up in about 5 minutes and off we went. Mike enjoyed talking to him about this area. He got a lot of his questions answered. He was just a young guy that drives to and from the airport for extra spending money.
Thanks to the ladies in Kilmarnock for the heads up about Tyler. It worked out great. He picked us up and dropped us off with out a hitch.
We plan to leave here either Monday or Tuesday of next week to go to Norfolk. It depends on the weather. The Rendouvous that is being held there begins on the
14th. Until then we still have a lot to do.
Will post more later. Hopefully with pictures from the party.
Until then!
Admiral "C"
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