May
28, 2021
Left
Cowen’s Gap about 9:15 this morning, an early day for us! Only made a couple of
comfort stops along the way, ate lunch in the campground after we got there. We
are at the Clarksboro/Philly KOA in New Jersey. It started raining shortly
after we got into the campground and the sun didn’t come out again until the
morning we were getting ready to leave.
So,
we never made it into Philadelphia, or much of anywhere else for that matter!
We did make a trip into a small town close by the campground where there was a
wonderful Amish Market! OMG!!! There were lines to pay for stuff all over the
store (it’s kind of like a flea market, each department is a different owner,
thus the lines). The line for the donut shop was the longest, but by the time
we got there it was manageable. Everything looked sooo good!!
This
is where I have to put in a short story about Rick. Some of you know his
adoption story. I have been working on his tree for a couple of years, with a
little help along the way, but wasn’t really making any headway. So, I found a
search Angel (someone who has the experience to know what to do with the DNA
evidence to make all the right connections and name the birth parents). Rick’s
search Angel is Andria, and it took her a week to put it all together, she
found his birth parents! Rick was so excited! I contacted Rick’s half-sister, Stephanie,
she called me back while we were driving to New Jersey. When we got in I had
quite a story to tell Rick. He made contact with Stephanie and found out that
he had a 97-year-old grandfather who was still alive and living with Stephanie.
Rick immediately started looking for an opportunity to fly down to Alexandria,
LA to visit with Stephanie and Bob, the grandfather. Phil came up with the next
campground, Croton-on-Hudson, where we would be for four days with nothing
planned that we had pre-paid for. So, jumping through airline hoops, Rick made
reservations to fly out of an airport near Croton, left Philly a day early and
had two full days to spend in Alexandria, and two full days for travel.
Rick
spent one full day with Stephanie and Bob and talked to some of his other half
siblings and his nephew (who happens to live in Arkansas, near Little Rock). On
the second day, he drove from Alexandria to McGee, MS to see his birth Mom,
Frances Lynn. It was a very successful visit for Rick and he is so glad he did
it. We are all very happy for him.
Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana have had record-breaking rain. We are still scheduled for more rain today. Flooding is widespread, and this will be heading, no doubt, toward Mississippi and other states.
ReplyDeleteSo, you may encounter this heavy rainfall the farther south you go.
Last night, a reporter was standing in water and advising ppl not to drive through flooded areas. Then, she said to show you how deep it is where I am standing, she took her umbrella and poked it down in the water—the water came almost to the top of it—probably 3 feet! If you just looked at her, you would never guess it was that deep. A film was shown where a car was driving through a flooded road, and all of a sudden it got swallowed up—part of the road was gone.
So be careful, guys’