Today started out great. We woke to find we were all alone in this cute little campground on a dried up river. Spent last night playing our traditional camping game, Phase 10. A light rain this am but we were bound and determined to have bacon and eggs so we did it anyway. No confrontational meetings of the mind. Got on the road just a little later than we planned.
As we were driving along I-70, with the boys playing another game of Stratomatic in back, we hear a loud bang outside of Bertha. After I pull off we see the awning in the middle of the road, having completely detached from the side of Bertha, and the metal supports were banging against her side. After about an hour we had managed to remove the remaining pieces of the awning from the side, while a nice KS state trooper looked on, and left it by the side of the road. Never even got to use it. I am afraid to ask what is next.
As we approached OK City today I came to the realization that after today our relationship with our son will be forever changed. He is heading out into the world to do great things. We have been so lucky to have been able to share so much time with him during his college years and before. But it ends tomorrow when we drop him off at OK City University for his Teach for America training which will lead to his teaching here for the next 2 years. And who knows what happens then. I feel certain he will excel in his career and only hope we can remain in touch and see him more often than either of us have seen of our own parents.
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