January 4, 2010. Jackson, Ms. Home Again.

If you ever want to take a long drive with two girls, aged 12 and 9, buy them each an I Pod just before the trip. After downloading a film and many songs, they disappear into the back seat of the truck and you never hear from them again for the next two hours when you stop for a pit stop. Then back again they dive into their music or film and we never hear from them again until two hours later. It was an astonishing experience, and a very successful trip.

On the way home it snowed. Not like snow in the north, but definitely snow. The weather is very cold today. At the grocery store this afternoon everyone was complaining about the cold. It is supposed to be in the teens tonight. Our condo is cool, as the place is built on a slab and the whole place is not designed to cold weather. I am cold too. Tonight we had dinner with Andrew and Christina. Molly, who is two was very excited to see her sisters. Soon the girls will be back to their school work and on Friday we leave to drive home to Maryland. But we four enjoyed our visit to the cousins in Texas.

On the drive today, Ken and I talked about the 281 drive and wondered if anyone would want to accompany us on one of the legs of the drive. It sounded like a good idea. I will begin to suggest the idea here and there. Our driving trips of recent time have been a big success and we are beginning to think of other trips we might enjoy. Never a dull moment.