Remember
early January posts indicated our quick trip to Utah and back made at the end
of December. I had indicated never
again. And yet it happened again –
longer drive and almost a week with more than one destination.
I
don’t remember when Kevin called Richard to invite him to a convention to take
place in Las Vegas. Catch was he would
have to drive four hours north to Portland airport. I joked that he might as well just drive to
Las Vegas. I should have just kept my
mouth shut and allowed him the four hour drive to Las Vegas instead of the
mileage we put on the car not to mention the drainage to ourselves. We are not young anymore.
I
thought Richard was capable of the long distance drive so long as he has a book
on tape to listen to – but also would need assistance of someone to change the
discs in order to continue the story. I
didn’t want to go. Jaime and I both
reminded him of what happens. I even had
a bruise on my leg not to mention other excuses. I was planning on staying home until the very
last minute. I saw him drifting off and
thought I should go with him just to make certain he stayed hydrated and didn’t
push himself but would stop when appropriate.
It
was a long trip. Two destinations: Las
Vegas, Nevada and Gilbert, Arizona. Richard’s
plans were to leave on the 18th although Kevin wouldn’t be showing
up until the 20th. I didn’t
realize Richard had wanted to have a date night by taking me to a show. Only that never happened. I had been stubborn about going and he was
just as stubborn about waiting for me.
We didn’t leave until after 2:00 p.m.
We found lodging in (or near) Sparks Nevada.
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