Saturday March 26 2016  ON THE ROAD

Literally, on the road.  Dave is driving and I am sitting next to him in the front seat, baseball cap shielding the sunshine from my eyes, and happily writing what I hope will be my best blog ever!  (Dream on Kathleen.)  We are headed toward Decatur Illinois on our way to Clarksville Tennessee where we will spend the night.  It is a new experience writing in the front seat of a car as the roadside speeds away in my peripheral vision.  Illinois is flat.  At least the parts I’ve always driven through.  Flat, and beautiful in its own agricultural way.  In my opinion it does not hold a candlestick to the rolling landscape of Wisconsin’s rural farms.  But, wherever I am I can see beauty in the land.  

So, now that I have gone to all the trouble to get my computer situated on my lap, what is there to write about?  Ah ha! I found a topic.  It stems from a comment Dave made about 10 miles back.  We saw a sign on the highway that said “ARCOLA, THE GATEWAY TO THE AMISH COUNTRY”.  Dave turned to me and said, “Wouldn’t it be awesome to go on a trip with no place to go?”  I wholeheartedly agreed!  I told him if that were so, we could just turn off here and go exploring the world of the Amish.  Then I started fantasizing what it would be like, especially if we could email Airbnb in the afternoon of each day and have a bed to sleep in that night.  I imagine it could be done.  That would be awesome.  Perhaps that will be our next trip.  No itinerary, no time schedule, no bookings of where we’ll be staying until the day we need the reservation.  I wonder where an adventure like that would lead us?  Dave has planted a new seed in my heart and I may just take him up on the idea!

The road is lulling me to into a drowsy state (another one of those wonderful places to explore).  Perhaps I am becoming sleepy because it is peaceful and quiet, and the rhythmic click of the highway’s nuances has placed a spell over me.  The sun is warm, as it beats through the window and we actually need the AC on low.  The further south we go, the warmer it becomes.  It is now 61 degrees. When we left Madison area this morning it was about 31 degrees.  Sixty one degrees feels awesome about now!  Monday, when we arrive at Rebecca’s it will be in the mid 80’s.  HERE WE COME FLORIDA!

THE BEST THING BEING…

By Kathleen Martens

March 26, 2016

My eyelids droop,

My breathing slows

The further and further

South we go.

All is well

All is quiet.

Only the road

Creates the riot.

Though peaceful and calm

It lulls the brain

Shutting out the world

From its raucous refrain.

The world flies past

In rhythmic speed,

Taking us south

As splendor leads.

Retirement seems

To have its perks.

The best thing being

WE NO LONGER WORK!

Not my shortest blog.  Not my longest blog.  And hopefully not my best blog.  I just wanted to make certain I had time to say hello and let everyone know that we got off okay.  It’s a good thing we have house sitters because they called us when they got up to let us know that we left the garage door open.  Oops!  My fault.  I had backed the car into the garage last night in order to make packing easier.  We were so excited to finally be leaving that as I drove away I just forgot to look back. 

Hope you have a wonderful day.  Thank you for your prayers as we travel. 

GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU!

P.S.  As I read the blog to Dave he just informed me that it is now a balmy 63 degrees.