Beneath the Wraps

               One of my uncle’s funeral is tomorrow.   He passed away on the 12 th . It is in Utah, thus I won’t be attending.   I feel bad that I am unable to attend as I look back on the year that we had moved to Oregon.           I had another uncle pass away on the 6 th of June.   He had been battling cancer off and on and finally decided to throw in the towel. My cousin had wanted to have one last Christmas in July party.   She told everybody it was because Richard and I would be moving to Oregon – and who knew when we’d return.   But it was really for her dad – who had passed the week before the scheduled event.   From what I remember more than half the family would be out of town due to other commitments.   And yet the day of his funeral all of the family returned even though so many had said they’d be out of town that day.   Every family member ...

  We left St. George on Friday morning.   Kevin, of course, wanted us to stay for the duration, but as we were only two hours out of Las Vegas I wanted to visit my brother Steven (who was not able to make it to Su Casa with my other two sibs).   Jai pointed to the sign that welcomed us to Arizona.   It’s funny how there is a piece of I15 that connects Mesquite, Nevada to St. George – but there is no off ramp in Arizona. It was wise that we had left when we did as there were pockets of road construction in Nevada. Our two hour drive turned into three and a half.   We did not go to the strip but to North Las Vegas to unload our car. We had a three hour window before Steven had to leave for work. After everything was unloaded we headed for M&M world.   The traffic in Las Vegas is horrendous.   If I lived there I would be taking public transportation – which I’m certain would take three times longer.   Not all drivers are insane, but there were ...