Sunday 10/21/12
On September 15th Guy Miller passed away at 86 in Jackson WY while on a AAA trip of western National Parks. Ken had talked to him the night before and he was having a ball. Hats off to you, Guy, doing what you loved right to the end.
Since Ken had spent a lot of time in Guy’s company in the last few years, he offered his assistance to Guy’s executor – who gratefully accepted it. It took forever (or seemed to) to get Guy’s ashes and personal effects sent back to Springfield, but, finally, they were.
So it’s another road trip to Ohio. We took the car instead of flying since we’ll be bringing some of Guy’s books back and we’ll be heading up to Lansing to pick up some more of my stuff. Since we’re so close…
Yesterday was just a brutal day on the road, pushing as far as we physically could take it. We had planned to stop for the night in Joplin MO, but couldn’t find a room. So we pushed on to Springfield MO, nope, and finally ended up in Marshfield MO. I suppose there might have been something earlier, but we wanted to stay close to the expressway.
Today we took off bright and early made good time heading east. Other than the usual stops requisite to fully functioning bodies, we made only one sightseeing stop. We collected the Madonna of the Trail in Richmond IN. It only involved a tiny detour, after all.
Madonna of the Trail, Richmond IN
Sat.: 1272 mi, 18:59 hrs total, 17:16 hrs moving – as I said, brutal
Sun: 571 mi, 9:20 hrs total, 8:11 hrs moving
[written 12/12/13]
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