Tuesday dec 1 out of hospital

Back in Jackson sitting in the lazy boy listening to Rush sitting in the sun.  I had a moment of pure happiness and it continues into the afternoon.  I have a sense I might be able to get well but not soon.  My weight is below 200 they keep telling me not lose weight then give me steroids that eat my mussel but I continue to be able to take it who new.  most of our medical is covered but the number is so large I can't stand to readbut Sharen continues to read it to me I am very pleased to get sick before Obama takes over all medical I'm not worth the money spent but its nice to be alive.

 

The big trip continued.  I had to check with Sharen to remember which state comes next.  I left our story at Hayes Kanas. Kids almost all sleeping no seats left for me I laid in bus aisle with my head on shift lever boot and got the best sleep ever started to come to about 8 AM Willie was walking up to the bus (forgot had van following for older people) with two big bags from a McDonald's around the corner and a lot of coffee so we had a wonderful breakfast and life saving coffee and very little pain from sleeping on the floor.  Truck repair opens they start on the bus we are almost on our way Willy went across the road where there was a motel and got a room for all of us to take showers and swim in the pool so kids had good morning.  Back to check on bus I'm sure he had spent 3 or 4 hours on the bus He said the bus was ready to go and I ask what the problem was he said all that was needed was a clutch adjustment I must have been still tired but it kind of surprised me that would fix it  but he was the Mechanic. We loaded the bus and started across Kansas.  It was a wonderful sunny day as it turns out that was not a good thing.  The heat was almost unbearable and a bus without AC within moments the temp gauge slowly ride up I watched it slowly clime into the red. I had to shift down which cooled the engine down so I could shift up and maintain a higher speed as it turns out it's all up hill going west, does anybody know its all up a slight incline or that's what I believe.  so across the plains between 20 to 40 MPH using the temperature gauge to show me when to shift.  We continued the rest of the day and into the night ready for the mountains.  We had to cross wolf creek pass big mountain to cross.  A quick aside late in the night for gas in big dark truck stop Elmer got to watch a drug deal go down when he realized what it was he headed to the van to get tracks.  Up and over the mountain and across  and through Colorado and on to New Mexico by this time it was hard to remember where we were going or where we came from.  The only detail I remember is I was kind of watching out the window early in the morning almost to the top of wolf creek pass we passed the Baits motel it was misty and dark very cold outside.  After long long drive we started down the hill into Ship rock and a McDonald's I was driving close to the bottom I hit the clutch and lost power steering as I was trying to pull into a restaurant. Thank God Elmer was up front and yelled to let the clutch out which kicked in the power steering and saved the whole bus full of people so I learned something new and saved a bus load of kids.  To Be continued

 

Please continue to prey for us and thank God for being with us on the trip.  May God continue to bless us all.