Hi Tommy and Carolyn,
Jean and I met with my mother this week to decide our
itinerary toward reaching the magical land of Florida to her winter residence
in Rockledge, Florida.
Our first discussion addressed the question, “Is it still
there -- Florida and her residence?”
Some of her fellow campers are already there.
Hurricane Irma destroyed the office and their recreation hall according to
people already there. The office, where people pay rent and get their
mail, is sort of mobile so it keeps people guessing where it will be one day to
the next. I guess they are doing that to keep the residents’ minds in
shape. As far as my mother’s place, she lost a few shingles and her air
conditioning/heating system. The A/C, heat was replaced this week and so
she now has some place to call home. You can infer because her buddies
are down there, Florida still exists.
The next discussion involved the time we should cross the
Kentucky state line.
We decided we would leave the State of Wisconsin on Thursday,
October 26 and drive straight through. The problem occurred during our
discussions defining the phrase “straight through”. We decided no one’s
plumbing system can hold out in a car for eight hours and so the “straight
through” probably means more than the 8 hours Google Maps proclaims as the time
to drive to Kentucky. Because of this uncertainty of arrival time, we
decided to reserve a space in the Best Western in Lawrenceberg. My mother
reminded us about our status in Milwaukee and she wanted the status to be more
certain than the Patterson status in Milwaukee. Right now, with Marian
and Drew we have no idea whether we are welcome within the city limits as far
as the Patterson family is concerned. With that concern in mind, she did
not want to chance you two meeting us at the state line and telling us to go
back north. We booked the room in Lawrenceburg until Saturday, October 28th.
We will then move onto the next destination from there. We hope to spend
most of Friday, October 27th with you – assuming you don’t meet us
at the Kentucky state line and tell us to go to West Virginia.
Our next stop on that Saturday may be Chattanooga, Tennessee
where Brett, one of my mother’s grandchildren, resides. After Chattanooga, the
next destination is Valdosta, Florida where we will rent a room at the Hampton
Inn and Suites for the night. October 29th is the last push to
Rockledge. We can take a leisurely push to Rockledge on that Sunday
because the Green Bay Packers have a bye that week and the people at the
campground will not be sitting at her doorstep waiting for the beginnings of
her Packer party.
Jean and I need to discuss the route we will take to return
to Wisconsin. We will assume that if we are not met at the Kentucky state line
going down that we can drive back through Kentucky, assuming Google Maps lets
us go that way, without any concern from the Kentucky Pattersons.
Let me know if you have any trouble with this
itinerary. We still have time to adjust our timetable so we can take my
dad’s favorite route by going through Michigan.
Thanks.
Ralph
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