At sister Helen's home

Sunset on the Gulf

We arrived in Holiday Island about 1:00 PM yesterday after leaving Wallace State Park in MO about 7.  We are now 650 miles into our trip to Naples.  We will spend the day with Helen and then head out kind of early tomorrow as we would like to travel 1100 miles over the weekend.  That may not sound too far but we usually do not travel that far with the camper so will see how it goes.
As we drove into the MO state park on Wednesday night I should have had my 270 rifle.  To the left and to the right there were deer.  Also saw some as we left the next morning.
It was strange yesterday thinking about Travis' 42 birthday.  The day he was born seems so long ago yet I still usually have in my mind that he along with John, Aaron and Cynthia are kids.  Of course when you think in terms of their ages--almost 44, 42, 40 and 33 that is not the case.  It also crossed my mind that back when Travis was born I thought of uncles or aunts who were 66 to be pretty old--there is ME!
I feel special here.  Helen DID have P salad and even FP this morning so I should be good to go for the entire day.  Helen just came in and put on her coffee so I will sign off.