Travlin' Man

It all started when my much older sister (Lorna) was talking about her annual pilgrimage to Idaho for the Potter (my mom's maiden name) family reunion in Lava Hot Springs. I went with her two years ago when it coincided with my 40-year high school reunion and had so much fun being her chauffeur that I went with her again last year for our brother's birthday. Too bad I couldn't afford the airfare to Boise. But wait! For less than the price of a ticket for one, we could rent a car and drive there and back so we did. A little over 2,000 miles later, we had had a great and scary time (I'll write about that later). That was at the end of June, In August we (Babs and I) flew to Nashville and spent two weeks visiting our kids in Huntsville, AL and Clarksville, TN. Three, yes three days after we got home I drove with Dan in his un-airconditioned Tracker the 1600 miles to Melissa and Josh's place in Huntsville, then flew home. Exactly one month later (Sept 14th) I flew to Nashville and drove BACK with Dan. Now, two months after that (Nov 14th) I drove a U-Haul truck with all of Amy's belongings and her SUV in tow on a car carrier to Mineapolis, MN to the tune of another 1800 miles! I've driven I-40 so much that people are starting to recognize me along the way. It's like Norm going into Cheers... "RON, how have you been?" "Haven't seen you for a couple of months." "Everything OK?" My butt may never be the same. I can hardly wait to see where and how far I'll be driving come Feb 14th.