Parting of the Ways, Part I

Rubble Chronicles

Sept. & Oct 2013

These are the Rubble chronicles beginning on September 25, 2013, when we departed our permanent cave and struck off for the 3 Musketeers abode in Missouri. Our journey took us across I-80 where we were beset by a snow storm from Evanston, WY to Lyman, WY. Our journey continued east on I-80 then to route 2 and south on I-29, east on route 36 thence south on route 63 to Houston, MO to the abode of the 3 Musketeers.

While there we removed the unused furnace from the house, removed the old floor from the closet/hall and a bedroom of the little house and replaced it with one that will be more serviceable. Barney did his usual slash and burn thing cleaning up trees and brush around the place. We burned 2 big piles of branches and old flooring. Several doors got trimmed and made functional again. Betty, Terri and Stewart picked up a pickup load of walnuts which were taken to the processor by Betty and Connie. The Saturday before we left we went to Branson and the College of the Ozarks to visit the kids. We visited Terri at the greenhouse, on campus, where she works and had lunch with the kids and their friends in the cafeteria. Later in the evening we went out to dinner at a Mexican place in Branson that was very enjoyable.

Betty’s brother and his wife were able to come down from Chicago for a couple of days. It was very good to see them and have a short visit. We visited Betty’s cousin in Licking and on our way out of town stopped to see her aunt in Springfield.

We left Houston on October 20^th headed for Mesa, AZ where we spent a couple of days with Barney’s brother Lee and his family. Then we headed out for Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California to meet up with the Flintstones and continue our adventure.