A TRIP TO CA

We left Lake Havasu in the motor home on Friday morning, and drove as far as Bakersfield, where we stopped at the Wal-Mart on the north end of town. It's about 525 miles from home to Modesto, and this stop is one we've made many times, as it's a little over half way. We arrived at Art & Linda's house about mid day, and after getting parked, drove the jeep to Mitchell's Modesto Harley-Davidson. Yesterday was the annual "spin the discount wheel" party at the store, so there was a pretty good crowd when we arrived. It was good to see AJ and Linda recovering nicely, after AJ received one of Linda's kidneys only a few weeks ago. Art was busy most of the time we were at the store, but when we all returned to the house, we caught up with what's been happening in our lives. While at the shop, we went next door to Modesto Yamaha, and said congratulations to John, who is a new father. Mary gave birth about 6 weeks ago to a baby girl named Morgan, who became Art & Linda's 8th grandchild. Before leaving the shops, we saw some old friends, Bill & Diane Todd and Scooter. Patty and I have know Scooter for almost 30 years, and we hadn't seen him for about 4 years. Except for a little more gray, the man never changes. We vowed not to wait another 4 years before seeing each other, and talked about a Yuma reunion run before we're all too old to ride our Harley's. Today, we're just visiting before we take care of our medical appointments on Monday & Tuesday, then head for home on Wednesday.