NEW BEGINNINGS IN KENTUCKY

Who would have thought I could just pick up the pieces of my life and move them so far from everything known to me my whole life? From Western Washington to Western Kentucky! Well here am I in a new land unknown to me. The trip was made with Bill driving my car and Tim & Cheryl driving the Penske truck with my things. The truck was full and I had tried to thin down all my 40 year accumulation to fit in the smallest truck. Then we hooked up a car trailer to haul a 61 Pontiac Star Chief. A rare car in great shape that we had found on the internet, Bill bought it and we picked the chief up in Spokane WA on the way. You see , Bill loves antique cars and has built up a 1929 Model A Ford and a Cobra from a kit. So he added to his collection but still not sure why.

Behind the Penske the Chief would be in our view the whole 2500 miles and at times the trailer seemed to maybe be taking him into a spin. It was great having my son-in-law drive this truck the whole way. My daughter, Cheryl was so faithful to stay with Tim and let ole Mom ride with Bill in my car.

The chemo therapy & radiation for breast cancer had only just ended for me the week before we headed out on this trip. Was I tired? Well not wanting to look back and because Bill was my encouragement to still come the journey has begun!

We made a few short visits, Custers Last Stand , Mt Rushmore and Hustead's Wall Drugs , Sturgis & The Arch, "The Gateway To The West" in St Louis. There were some manuveurings Tim would do to get the truck and Chief into those places we did not want to miss seeing. What a guy, what a driver! The weather was so delightful for us the last of September. For the nights, we called ahead on the road to each hotel and always seemed to find a place of rest.

At last 5 days later we crossed the bridge over the Ohio and could see my new city. Lord you are riding with me and here am I and here are You also. Thankful to be here and thankful for a safe trip. Now to find my new dwelling and find help to unload my treasures. The help came after a cell phone call to Bill's brother, Walt. The apartment was locked so we waited and soon the Penske was unloaded into my small apartment. Cheryl helped me to get my new little home livable and then we took the Chief to his new home at Bill's. Where Bill will also see what damage was done to his home from hurricane Ike winds while he was away in Washington State helping me to move. Mostly and sadly was the damage to his huge Beech tree his late wife had planted from a young tree. The winds had split the huge trunk right down the middle. Lord you remind us of your power as we remember the significance of the tree.

Off to church at Yellow Creek Baptist Church on Sunday where I will soon come to know many new friends. Bill had assured Cheryl we can make sure we get her to Canton GA.Then after church we four travel to Canton GA where Cheryl will attend a writers Conference which will soon connect her with another Christian Conference in Texas in October where she writes a story that is published with other christian womens stories.