Last night was a difficult but expected evening of tears and laughter as we all said our goodbyes and best wishes. We all know that Mom and Dad are going away for a while to do wonderful things and spread God’s word so that is a comfort. But they will still be missed!
Mom, Dad and Chris Timmer (a boy scout) headed out this morning (07/02/08) shortly after 5:00am for the wonderful lands of South Dakota!
Mom called me (Holly) this morning and said that travel was going well. They were really only able to drive about 65mph…that was easier for the truck and trailer. They picked up Sue Phinister around 8:00am and stopped for breakfast.
Around 6:45pm Mom called Grandma to give her a progress update. Travel was going really well and they were already about 50 miles from Norfolk, Nebraska which is north-west of Omaha, Nebraska and just south-west of Sioux City, Nebraska. Wow! Maybe the easier speed of 65 makes travel go better!
They could continue and make it to Valentine, Nebraska (190 more miles) by dark but a rest was needed. Besides, who wants to arrive at a destination late at night and tired?! And that, I assume, was why they were heading into Norfolk.
Valentine is where they will stop to pick up groceries before heading onto Lakeview, South Dakota, their new home. That drive is only about a half hour.
Grandma and I were concerned that they got caught up in the nasty storms. But it sounded like they only had to deal with the rains for about 15 minutes or so.
I will do my best to keep this updated until Mom and Dad get the internet up and running at Aunt Melva’s house. I don’t expect that to be until after Prairie Light Youth Camp is done since they will be pretty busy!
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