October 8, 2010. Canyon Lake, Tx. Preparations.

It all began two years ago and now we are are getting ready to drive on Highway 281, all the way to the Canadian border. This morning we drove from the ranch to the lake and after a hearty lunch we are busily organizing our clothes and our car, ready to leave in the morning. From the lake to Keith and Wilma's home is about sixteen hundred miles so we expect to take our time and poke along the old highway, which is the only highway in the US to keep the same number from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. We will drive through the great plains of the country, the same place that was decimated during the depression. There are no major cities along the highway so we expect to leave to find a hotel or two but we are determined!!

While in Canada Keith and Wilma will join us at the Elkhorn Resort for a week.. We have not seen them for over two years so we hope to see their grown children too.

Now we are ready. After a good nights sleep we will hit the road, all the way on 281.