And THEN.....

Yes, well, okay.  Since that last post, well- we have travelled a bit.  That was March. Then we were on the road. Then we had no wi-fi. Well, then Mom got sick and I flew back to Illinois to help her out while she was in the hospital. Then I flew back. Well, not actually. You see we were in Arizona and so I flew from Phoenix. But then Steve headed north so I returned to Las Vegas. But we weren't really staying in Vegas. Well, he did pick me up there. Then we camped in the parking lot of a Casino somewhere east of Vegas. But that was only for the night. Then we stopped at Nathan's house in Utah. Then we headed north. We arrived in BC just before Easter. After church in town (Williams Lake) we drove out to our house in Chilanko Forks. But THEN Ruth had a medical emergency. So then I got in the car and drove to Seattle and flew to Denver and took a shuttle to somewhere and rode with a friend to the hospital in Steamboat Springs and then drove their truck back to her house in Kremmling.  And then I stayed a week and took a shuttle back to Denver, flew back to Seattle, and drove back to Chilanko Forks. Then four days later we drove the Toyota and the Truck into Williams Lake and camped in the backyard of friends. But then in the morning we loaded the little Corolla and headed to Alaska. We drove all night the first night, taking turns. But then we were exhausted and so we stayed in a hotel in Whitehorse. We got up in the morning and then drove to Wasilla, where we stayed with Sarah and her family. But then after four days we left there and drove to Lazy Mountain, where InterAct has their property and where there will eventually be a really cool (or kewl) leadership/discipleship program. And then we moved into this empty house. We "horsed" temporary things from the big building, across the street, and into the rental so that we could actually live.  The Corolla only had room for clothes, pillows, and 3 cast iron fry pans along with the crock pot. And THEN it was time for the Mission Conference. We went to the conference and then started adjusting to life here. We had a couple of weeks where we just lived in one place. And THEN I drove Steve to Anchorage and he flew back to Seattle. Then he stayed with our niece for one night and then got on a bus and travelled to Bellingham and then he stayed with friends. And then they drove him across the border and he got on a bus. And then he got to Williams Lake, and got our truck. And then he drove back to Chilanko Forks and cleaned out the last things in our house. And then he drove to Williams Lake and stayed in the WalMart parking lot in the camper, and then he drove to Seattle to get a trailer. And THEN....Steve had a HUGE, HUGE birthday all by himself!!!

So NOW...I am still in Alaska, and Steve is driving back from Seattle. And THEN he will have some friends come in a few days, get the U-Haul, and drive our things to Alaska.  And then they will fly out on June 10. And THEN.........Staying put, with ALL the frying pans?