SKIPPED A DAY

WRITTEN BY REX

WOW, WE SKIPPED A DAY BLOGGING? THAT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE BACK IN MAY WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT. WELL IT'S BOUND TO HAPPEN SOME MORE THIS FALL WHEN WE WILL BE WITHOUT INTERNET. WE DO HAVE MY DAUGHTER ALL TRAINED IN USING OUR BLOG SITE, SO WITH ANY LUCK AT ALL YOU WILL GET SOME SHORT INFORMATION FROM AMY WHILE WE ARE ON THE ROAD AND OFF-LINE. I THINK WE CAN ALSO GO BACKWARD AND ASSIGN THE DATE, SO WE WILL TRY TO KEEP SOME NOTES IN A NOTEBOOK AND GET CAUGHT UP WHEN WE DO HAVE INTERNET. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE ON VACATION FROM SEPTEMBER 5TH UNTIL NOVEMBER 20TH. WE CAN'T WAIT, ELEVEN WEEKS OF VACATION. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE WE TOOK A VACATION THIS LONG.THE PLAN IS TO HANG AROUND WISCONSIN UNTIL THE WEATHER CHASES US SOUTH. WEEK #6 OF WORK, AND I MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS POST, THE WEEKS GO FAST WHEN THEY HIT THE SINGLE DIGITS. I NOTICE TWICE YESTERDAY ON OUR ROAD TRIP THAT I SAID, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT THAT ON OUR AGENDA FOR NEXT SUMMER WHEN WE'RE IN LAKE TAHOE.

OUR ROAD TRIP YESTERDAY TOOK US EAST ON HWY 50, THE LONELIEST ROAD IN AMERICA, TO FALLON, NV FOR THE FUNERAL OF OUR DEAR, BUT TROUBLED, FRIEND AND CO-WORKER BILL ANDERSON. THE EULOGY WAS DELIVERED BY HIS NIECE, AND SHE DID A PERFECT JOB OF MAKING US SMILE, AND CRY OVER BILL. WE WERE BOTH GLAD WE DECIDED TO ATTEND AND IT GAVE US CLOSURE TO A WEEK OF BEWILDERMENT OVER THE WHOLE SITUATION. AMEN, BILL, AMEN, AND REST IN PEACE IN BEAUTIFUL NORTHERN NEVADA.

WE PICKED UP A NEW PRINTER (STILL IN THE BOX), A NEW SHELF FOR THE BIG gASS GRILL CAME UPS, ONE OF THE LP GAS TANKS IS EMPTY, AND THERE'S A LOAD OF TOWELS IN THE LAUNDRY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS "LIST" FOR OUR DAY OFF TODAY. MARY ALSO HAS A HIKE PLANNED ALONG TAYLOR CREEK ENDING AT THE BAR AT CAMP RICHARDSON.