No worries - the green chile stew and cold beer will keep another day.

Maggie

>Date:    Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:16:49 EDT
>From:    Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
>Subject: Re: [Busesinzamora] Impending Road Trip West

>Quick update of our travels for those  interested.  We are now camped out
at
>the Flying J on Interstate 44 in  Joplin, Missouri.  All's going well
except
>for the weather.  After  some really nice warm weather in New Ken we got
rain
>all last night and sleeping  in the CARAT with the rain pounding on the
METAL
>roof all night was not  pleasant.  Today it was pretty much cloudy and cold
all
>the way from  Indianapolis to Joplin.  We had hoped to get to Oklahoma City
>for the night  but no way.  We left late and at 6 or 7,  we lost an hour
there
>somewhere with a time change, my butt was too sore to continue on.  So, on
>we go in the morning !  Maggie, we may not make it to your place until
>Saturday.  We'll see how it goes tomorrow.  The CARAT has been keeping  a
steady 70 ~
>75 mph no problems.  Truck traffic is incredible.  There  are more trucks
on
>the road than cars !  Holly Molely !