Thanks For Riding The Bus, We're Putting It In The Garage For Awhile To Charge Up The Batteries

Thanks for riding the Bus! No need to tip the driver! Today, April 1, 2008, I am posting my 787th post on this blog.

I think I am going to park this blog for awhile. I don't feel the passion for writing here that I once did. And I get tired of people pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining. Besides, it's Springtime in Springfield and budget crisis' aside (doesn't the county run on sales tax too?), there are sidewalks to build and grass to mow and empty septic tank holes to fill.

I spent almost all of last summer re-doing the Airstream. Now that I got it finished, now that I got the suburban all set to go, I am going to use them. Yeah, that's the ticket. I'm gonna take a thousand dollars and head west until I've spent 500, then I'm gonna turn around and come back. The private nurse says with three dollar gasoline I MAY make it as far west as Tulsa.

This weekend, my wife and I are taking the Airstream down to Branson for the weekend. We know some fellow Airstream travelers and we rendezvous in Branson at Compton Ridge Campground twice a year. Here are some photos from last October's gathering.

I will be 59 years old next month. I guess I finally realized I will never be Superman. I have been retired for several years now and I got a few more stars I am going to shoot for, it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.
So, I am going to try to let the Bus stay parked for awhile, and recharge the batteries.

Thanks for riding and I appreciate every last pea-picking one of you.

April, 1968, St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana, ordination class of 1975, (fourth row, last person on the right)
An Ozark woman
Cream pie