Driving Off Into the Sunset - January 16, 2015

The last day before launching on this great adventure was crazy!  We waited until the last day to move anything that would freeze or would tempt the mice to visit again.  That meant 3 more carloads to unpack into the motorhome, plus final good-byes to friends on campus.  I guess it is time to leave, because we heard more than once, “Are you still here?”

Mark put the bike rack on the car, turned in his keys for the last time, and checked all the tires.  Denisa did the last packing and the last apartment cleaning.  We stopped for a last meal at the university cafeteria, and Denisa got a last noon walk with her dear friend Patti.  There were enough “lasts” to last a long time!

 We had hoped to pull out by 3:00, so we could be at our first destination—our good friends’ driveway near Altus—before dark.  But everything always takes longer than you expect, and we were lucky to get hitched up before it got dark.  We headed out of Weatherford just as the pinks and oranges filled the western sky.  

  

It’s at this point that I would love to insert a picture of the sunset taken through the wide expanse of our 7 foot x 3 foot windshield.  But even though we talked about the beautiful colors of the sunset, we didn’t have the forethought to snap a picture.  We were too busy watching the new tire monitoring system, worrying about the new bike rack on the car, reviewing that we hitched up the tow vehicle correctly, and contemplating driving after dark for the first time.  We were finally launching on our full-time adventure as we drove off into the sunset!