November Fourth

Today we began our trip back into our real world as the temperatures plummeted and the scenery looked drab and lifeless. The day began well with waffles etc. at the hotel and we were ready to get on again. We started the day in Indiana, then crossed into Ohio and we are now ensconced in our hotel in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. Coming through Ohio I didn't have a chance to stop where there was wifi when I could have looked up my old roommate from McMaster summer school. I have now found her address and it appears she and her husband are still in the same house when I last lost contact with her. It would have been fun to have renewed acquaintances again after so many years. I guess that is what Christmas cards are for. Going to the shows in Branson really got us into the Christmas spirit; not the gift buying and giving one but the real spirit we had as children.

We have seen so many interesting things but often I am not quick enough with the camera. One bridge today was totally decorated by American flags. It looked as if it had been done properly, not just people adding flags here and there, with them all spaced evenly and facing different ways. Tomorrow night we should be near enough that we can get to Fairfield, or to wherever the kids are, on Friday morning. I see my sons have a problem with the academic part of their children's lives on Fridays!