On the Road Again . . .!

I can hear Willie Nelson as I type!

We made it back to Las Vegas without a 'hitch'. As always, goodbye's are tough for me, so we try not to prolong them. But the tears still came - and still are at times - when I start thinking about all we are missing by not being at home. I just basically 'want it all'!

Hayden was his usual sweet, ornery self when we stopped by Roger's folks one last time. He'll be talking by the time we get home in September. We did 'shuttle service' for Hunter for her morning pom practice, and our last sight of her was headed off with the pom squad for some extra practice before competition. One of the best things about being home is having the kids - big and little - pop in and out of our day.

Shelly provided taxi service to the airport and we breezed through with time to spare. We awarded our "Grump of the Day" award to the TSA (security) gal at the metal detector. Roger and I were both 'thinking it' when the lady behind us gave voice to it. I'm all for security - and realize they are doing their job - but for the life of me, I can't understand why one agent checks your ID and boarding pass before they let you in to security, then three feet later at the metal detector, they have to re-check it! It seemed to be 'shift change' - and I'm hoping she was about through for the day - so her attitude didn't have much chance to 'spread'!

Lucked out and had some 'room' on our flight to spread out a bit. However, about 30 minutes before landing, we hit wind which made for a very rough time. Not being partial to flying anyways, I was a bit 'green around the gills' before we finally hit terra firma once again. I looked at Roger and said, "It's a good thing this is our destination, for you would have a hard time getting me back on one of these right now!"

A short taxi ride back to the campground - and we even got a taxi driver who spoke English! Dropped our luggage and headed out to meet a friend from Florida, who just happened to be winding up a week in Las Vegas. Had a very nice evening, delicious meal - but by 10:00 p.m. my day was really catching up with me! Course 10:00 p.m. in Las Vegas is midnight in Oklahoma! She cleaned out her refrigerator & pantry and sent it home with us, for she flies back home Friday morning. It saved us from having to do a 'late night' Wal Mart run to have milk for our cereal this morning!

Today we are off and running again, headed north to Lake Tahoe - then Placerville, CA - then back across the mountains to Reno, NV, before heading due east to Wendover, NV (on the opposite side of Nevada). A couple of long driving days ahead in the next week. With 71 parks left to visit this season, I'm trying to think of them in 'groups' of 10 - makes it seem not quite so bad!