Salina, KS

Wow! Finally, we have an internet connection.

Our trip from DC to NC went well. We spent several
days with Robert's sister and husband as guests
in an apartment in their retirement complex...God's
Waiting Room. Every time we spend any time in one
of these places we thank our lucky stars that we
don't live there.

Patricia and Thomas don't have an internet connection
and the computer room at the complex was locked up
tight all the time we were there. Everything is
run by volunteers and if there is no volunteer
to monitor the computers then they are locked up.
More and more we kept calling the people who lived
there the inmates because it did seem much like a
fancy prison.

Yesterday we drove from Durham to Puducah, KY and
missed the floods, rain, etc from Ike, but not the
power outage problems. Our motel had power, but
Comcast was out of business so we had no TV which
we can do without, but no internet either. Yikes!

We should get home tomorrow if all goes well. It'll
be good to get home.

We had planned to stop at Connie's, but since we
couldn't go through Arkansas because of floods
we decided to skip that visit. We'll be there
in a couple of weeks anyway.