Saturday February 16, 2008

Our original plan was to visit with Ed and Bet and then drive down to Del Ray Beach to visit with our friends, Larry and Sandy. We talked with them yesterday and learned that Sandy's sister is very slowly recovering from heart surgery. They have been visiting her almost daily and are pretty worn out and stressed with all of the running around. As it doesn't seem like a good time for a visit - after all we are here 2 weeks earlier that we thought we would be, we decided we would head for home. As much as we are enjoying the warm weather and being away from winter, we miss home, the kids, and the grandkids. Our original plan was to crash the birthday party next weekend which the kids are having at our house - we thought we would just show up as the party was taking place, but since we are going to be home a week early, I guess we will let the cat out of the bag. So, kids, we will see you next weekend (are we invited?)!

We had breakfast with Ed and Betty this AM before we left - pecan waffles (yum!) and then after hugs all around got on the road. It was a little foggy when we got up this morning, but it didn't take long for the sun to burn it off. We had a lovely day for driving - warm and sunny - and we were listening to a John Sanford novel on the CD player. We only have 1 disc to go and neither Dave nor I are really sure who did it - the sign of a good mystery. We have stopped for the night in Fayetteville, NC and walked across the parking lot to Ruby Tuesday's for dinner. We will see how far we get tomorrow - we are anxious to get home, but can only spend so many hours per day in the car. It seems hard to believe that our winter journey is almost at an end - some parts of it seems like yesterday and others seem like they happened a lifetime ago.