It is the Southeast for Now 

We closed on our house 12 June and said goodbye to Maryland friends before we headed south to visit our sons in Auburn, AL over Father’s Day weekend.  Paid our last taxes to Maryland leaving the state.

On the way to church Father’s Day Sunday, Chris bought me breakfast.

 After church, William treated me to a movie.

Pattie says in the first father’s day in 15 years where I was not enjoying bonding during a Boy Scout father/son campout or working at Dunkirk Baptist Church’s Father’s Day car show.  It was nice to relax.

Next, we headed to Huntsville, AL where my company has assigned me to an office.  I got it squared away while Pattie set up at the Redstone Arsenal FamCamp.  Unfortunately, we could only stay three days at the FamCamp, so we moved to a campground near Decatur, AL.  There were thunderstorms every day that rocked The Bus.  Fortunately, the campground has a large (100 person) underground storm shelter. I left Pattie to watch the dog for a couple days and flew to Maryland for a friend’s wedding.  Jeff and Cheryl Watson were gracious enough to allow me to stay with them.  It was odd not going back to our house. 

Once back in Huntsville, I was able to get the windows tinted on the Jeep, have dinner with some friends and work a few more days before heading to Tuscaloosa to visit Mom over the Fourth of July weekend.  She has been having some health issues and we are postponing our trip out west until her and my mother-in-law’s surgeries are over in August. It must be all the Crimson Tide logos in Tuscaloosa because our dog Sparky got sick as well.  Pattie took her to a vet and got some shots and antibiotics.  She seems to be responding well.  William came up and we grilled hamburgers for everyone.  We let William take Pattie’s Honda Accord back to college with him to store it for us. 

Sunday 5 July, we headed to Red Bay, AL to the Tiffin factory to get some minor issues address on The Bus.  I will work from the mobile office this week as we hope to get it in for service.  There are several ahead of us, so we don’t know how long this will take.

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