The long awaited next one.

How-dee-do-dee. Well here I go, was going to write last night, but I was just so tired I pretty much passed out. So no blog............ Tuesday, I went to Quartzite, Az, and spent a couple hours looking over Jeff's collection of things he's found in the trash. I said it before and I'll say it again, the things people through away, just goes to show, we are a through away society. I think I have him convinced that he has got to sell off some things, he is just about out of room, even with a storage locker in Blythe, Ca. Which is pretty much full.............O.K. I finally got going to Yuma, Az. It's a great ride down there, the range of mountains on the left is kind of the end of the Rocky Mt. range, it kinda just quits. Jeff said if you climb the end of the range a great panoramic view opens up. Some day I would like to see it........... Got a motel for the night and rested up for my trip to the dentist in Losgodones, Mexico. Not sure if I spelled it right..........Wednesday up bright and early crossed the boarder and found the new office of my dentist. She took my dentures and ground and fitted them. She than had to take them to the lab, leaving me alone with one of her students who was also her friend. She knew about 7 words of English, and I know about 3 words of English. And she liked to talk. Well for about 30 minutes we chatted and made many hand signals and laugh a lot. But we did communicate and pretty much knew what we were talking about, at least I thing we did. For all I know she may have been calling me everything but a handsaw. Anyway after about two hours I was on my way..............The road I traveled was quite treacherous as it went up and down, steeply, and twisted and turned, snakelike, Finally I got to New Mexico, after dark, so I pulled into a Visitors area. It was quite and the stars were out, it just felt cozy, so I just spent the night there. When I woke in the morning, I was greeted with another incredible vista, of rugged mountains on both sides of the pass I was in, I couldn't see them in the dark. Damn I love the Southwest. ..............Well, I drove pretty much the whole length of New Mexico, again enjoying the view. nothing exciting happened all the way to Tucumcari, New Mexico. The whole main street of the town is on the old Route 66. All along the street are old abandoned ruins of gas stations and other buildings. Amazing how many service stations there was. It would have been the greatest trip ever to drive the length of Route 66, back in the day, when life wasn't rushed, but enjoyed. When you weren't connected every minuet of the day. When your mother yelled out the front door to call you for diner, not phoned you on your cell. Sorry a little nostalgia, I get a lot of it lately...............Anyway now we are caught up, as I spent the night there and didn't write. So today I drove through a part of both Texas And Oklahoma, to arrive here in Liberal, Kansas. On the boarder of Texas and Oklahoma is a town called Texhoma. There was a lot of construction coming into town, and I was just going around a big rig, at 43 miles per hour, the speed limit being 40 miles per hour. Next thing I know there are blue lights behind me, You all know the pit of the stomach feeling, well I got it. So out comes the officer, gets my papers, said I was doing 43 in a 40 zone, I know your thinking Holy Crap, 3 miles an hour over the limit, exactly what I was thinking. Well, after a little chit chat, he told me to slow down and let me go, and I did and I went on my way. The rest of the trip went on with no farther excitement. And here I am in Liberal, Kansas, spending the night in a very old, but very nice motel. So till next time, You all be good, take care, and enjoy life. Love The Dad.

Last Day in Blythe

How are you all? All well and good I hope.........I changed the color of the post because I was told it was hard to read, hope it's better...........Well tomorrow I head out for the next phase of the Trip. I already did a load of laundry when I got up this morning and this evening when it cools off I'll repack the car so I won't have to do it in the heat of the morning.............Jeff and I spent Saturday in Palm Desert, & Palm Springs looking for our friend Jim, but alas and alack, we had no luck. But we did have a Pizza at the old Shakey's Pizza Parlor where we both worked, not as good as we made it, but passable. Someday I'll have to tell you about checking the air conditioning!!!!! It was a great nostalgic trip of places we had forgotten about like coming out of Poppy's. Another TRIP I have to tell you about, Hee Hee Hee. All in all we had a great day, but Oh Damn was it HOT.............. Yesterday we watched the STEELERS win plus several other games. My brother has a wall with two 46" sets and one mucho big set in the middle. Needless to say we seen almost all, or at least parts of most of the games. I won't need to see anymore games now until the playoffs.......... While I'm With Jeff he tells me about all the stuff he finds in the trash. You see down here there is no separating recyclable from garbage, it all goes on a conveyor belt and is separated by several workers and they find a lot of good things as they separate the good from the nasty. I can't believe the things he finds. Things I could never afford. Jewelry, watches, etc. etc.. and all in perfect shape and working. I think none of the crew he has now eats any of the food that comes down the line, but the first time I was down here a couple of them ate off the conveyor belt. Hard to imagine. I guess that one man's garbage is another man's diner........... On that pleasant thought I'm going to close. You all take care. Love, The Dad.......... P.S. When I sign The Dad I mean it for all of you, not just kin.