Where to Begin??

I have had so many adventures since I last posted on here! Rather than post a day-by-day description of our days on the road across this vast land of ours, I will write vignettes of things of most interest (to most). If you don't like that kind of stuff, I invite you not to read it!

Let's start with the particulars. I picked up my grandchildren in Gary, IN, in the late afternoon of June 19th. In the afternoon of June 21st, the Heffelman grandparents took us to the airport for our flight to San Jose, CA.

We arrived perhaps an hour-and-a half late because connecting flights in Las Vegas were delayed due to bad weather back in Chicago and other points east...but Denis and Megan were there to greet us. We slept in a motel in Sunnyvale that night since M and D's apartment was torn apart in the packing process.

The next morning, we went to the apartment to meet the movers. The children and I did what we could to stay busy and out of the way....fed the ducks and worked on iPods, etc. I have to say...and you will hear this several times as I weave our tale...that my grandchildren are champion travelers. They are patient beyond their years! As we left the apartment that day and headed east, we said good-bye to California and hello to the rest of the country before us.

We spent almost three weeks on the road, all five of us in a minivan, in close quarters in and out of the car, in all manner of heat and inconvenience. There were adventures. What you will read, if you stick with this, is the journal of what we encountered along the way. Even though we are "home", the saga isn't over.

As of today, Megan and Denis are homeless no more. They have rented a townhome in Grayslake, IL. That's another story. I'm just glad they have landed, even though it will be a couple of weeks before their belongings arrive.

I have set the scene for my tales. God bless you for reading this!