HEADING NORTH

Well tomorrow's the day. I'm in great shape. The shoulder is better every day, so driving will not be an issue. It's amazing how much the physical therapy has improved my range of motion. We're looking forward to getting home and begin packing for our move. The only problem is we don't have a place to move. The apartment complex we decided on doesn't have anything in May, and they aren't sure they will have a first floor with two bedrooms in June. We may have to investigate a few of the other properties we looked at 6 months ago.

We're planning to live in our camper for the month of May at least. The biggest headache is the fact we'll really have to move twice. Can you stay 'storage'. We have to be out of our house on May 9th. That doesn't give us a great deal of time to handle all the things we have to handle. We've lived in the house for 35 years, so we're not experienced with the art of moving. I'm sure there will be some typical 'Jim Doyle screwups' to write about in the future.

Tonite we went to dinner with Diane and Jeff. Helen Back is a restaurant a 1/2 mile from Emerald Beach. Every Friday from 5 till 6 they offer FREE PIZZA. We've been there for pizza several times. Diane and Jeff are staying till the 15th. Normally we're the last of the group to leave. This year we'll have someone to help us get underway. The camper is half ready tonite. Tomorrow morning won't take us long to complete the final preparations.

Our campground stops will take us to Montgomery, Decatur (scene of the broken shoulder), Bowling Green, Indy and finally home. I know five legs to our journey seems like a lot, but actually five legs is turbo driving for me. What's the rush. We're just praying the trip home will be uneventful (if you know what I mean).

I can't begin to recap all of the ups and downs since we pulled our camper out of a foot of snow to head down here. but after almost three months there have been more ups than downs. How can you beat beautiful weather, great friends, good food and a lots of laughs. We can't wait to get back together again. We are planning to get together in July (somewhere). Diane is in charge of choosing the campground. I'll let all of you know where we'll gather for our summer reunion.