Vacations are planned – tickets purchased, itineraries laid
out, number of nights in each location and staying WHERE? Points of interest are noted, and any
reservations made for these highlights, books taken to be read, stamps for the
post cards, and most important THE ADDRESS BOOK packed.
Road trips are much more spontaneous. An idea pops into your head, an emergency
occurs, a week opens up and the car has gas in it and off you go. You stop when you need to, you go until you
drop, you accomplish the intended purpose. It is
all very serendipitous. The person
you drove across four states to check up on asks: “What are you doing here?” The highlights are the daily “THERE are all
the antelopes” “Hiway 14 is CARPETED
with purple asters and yellow wildflowers” and “Wow, that is FRESH snow on
those mountains!”
This last ROAD TRIP
will be remembered as the THUNDERSTORM trip!
Daily car wash, bug removal from the windshield! I have never used the HIGH speed on the
wipers as much as on this last 9 day excursion!
We left home because it was a slow week at our Resort, the
temperatures were too low to allow us to do any of the SPRING PROJECTS. Tom was scheduled for cortisone shots in his
back and then SUMMER would be here – our busiest season! He was in pain, but no more so than he would
have been sitting at home being frustrated by the weather!! Distraction is often the best medicine for
pain! GOD is good, all the time! EVEN WHEN THINGS DON’T GO THE WAY YOU HAVE
PLANNED. Go ahead and make plans, GOD has a sense of humor - HE created the duck-billed platepus and the amazing DNA spiral ladder!!
GOOD TO BE HOME and Tom survived the trek and the shot, so far at least!
