We've arrived!

The first leg of our trip is behind us now. We drove from Austin to Little Rock last Friday. We stayed in a motel that night then drove on the next morning to Nashville. After a night in a motel there, we made our way to church. We visited an Anglo-Catholic parish in town, St. Andrew's.

This part is for Uncle Leon. We showed up at about 9:45am for a 10am service and immediately discovered that they were holding a special joint confirmation service with a nearby parish at 11am. So we had an hour to hang around the parish hall, which was just like old times at Our Saviour. We watched the odd assortment of folks drift in and out. Anglo-Catholics and Southerners are all about oddball people. Bishop Ackerman was there to confirm, which was fun. We got a chance to speak with him before the service--we were a whole hour early! The two priests of the parishes holding the joint service were both SSC as well and acquainted with our own Fr. Tanghe.

The next day, we drove to Kentucky to visit some family friends there. A former professor from my undergraduate college and his wife had become friends with my mother in law, Cathy. She watched their kids when they lived in Redding. They have since moved on and we stopped in to see them on our way. We stayed the evening and then left the next morning after breakfast.

They have three kids. The eldest is a boy, about 13 years old. He and Frances were fast friends, which was hilarious. She kept wandering in to the kitchen to ask us, "Where is him? Where is him?" He loves little kids and spent the evening chasing her around like a monster. It was fun to watch. At the end of the night, our girls collapsed into bed with their two girls, who are 9 and 11, I think. They were supposed to sleep on the floor but they ended up snuggled up into bed with their new friends.

Monday, we drove on to where we are now, Latrobe, PA. We are here to visit friends we knew in Atlanta and haven't seen in two years. So far it's been a lot of fun. They have four kids, around the same age as ours, and they all get on very well. I might have more to say later but for now, we're just really enjoying relaxing and spending some time together. I should take some pictures. Good idea. Let's do that.