Its almost time!

It is almost time to hit the road again.  Although we have much to do before we leave Naples for the season things are moving forward and I THINK we will be ready May 17th.

• We had a friend of Terry's over for dinner last night and today a friend picked us up and treated us to lunch.  The last of such things before we leave.
• Terry had her last tennis match yesterday and I played for the last time this morning.  In the last game our opponent slammed the ball into the net which made me and my partner 7-5 winners.  A good way to end!
• Our spare bedroom is filling up with things that go.  A good sign.
• We have had the AC guy come and do the semi-annual check and the bug man came for the quarterly check so that is done.
• We have shopped very little for food and the fridge is getting to look kind of empty so that is good.  It is always a challenge to have enough to eat but leave with the fridge and cupboards a little bare.  We do have a home watch come weekly so things stay good.  IF the air would go out in the summer that would mean the humidly would be up and in a short time (perhaps a week or 10 days) the house would show a GREEN hue!
• Terry took the recycle bin and garbage bin out by the side of the house and filled them with water and cleaner.  It is nice to have them kind of clean before we leave.
• I will be on my way shortly to get some keys made.  We will leave a set of keys with a neighbor just in case.

So life goes on as we head north.  We pretty much have our route planned out with camping reservations from May 18-June 3.  In that time we will take in a HS graduation, 3 presidential libraries, a national park, several breweries, 6 state parks and of course get an overload of scenery.
We plan to land in St. Paul June 10th with our running shoes on.  Not literally but figuratively.  Our summer plans are to redo the 2nd floor bathroom which is at least a full summer job but we also want to play a bit of tennis, visit grand kids, take a trip to ND and do some odd jobs around the house in St. Paul.  Then as we head back to Naples in the fall we hope to catch sister Helen in AR and see Terry's new Great Grand baby in Texas.  While in Texas we will take in the Johnston, the Bush and the Bush presidential libraries.  We should arrive in Naples in the fall in time for the fall tennis league, I hope. 
Now all of that is dependent on this darn back of mine staying healthy.  I thought I should get a shot before we left and I did pray about what I should do.  Well there was one road block after another so I felt that was God's way of saying, "Carmen you do not need to get that now."
I saw on Facebook today that Jim Kellen died this week.  Jim was stricken with polio at the age of 17 and spent the next 67 years in a wheel chair.  He certainly was a strong man of God.  I know his reward in heaven will be great.
No, I think it may be time to get those keys made and then get some more work done towards our departure on Tuesday.   I was not inspired in my writing today and it may be because there was no FP by my side.