Last Leg Home

From Iowa City on, we were mostly driving and visiting, no touristing. The first stop was in Illinois to visit my Mother. She is 93 and in a nursing home but in reasonably good health. See picture. We also got to have visits and meals with Dorothy's brother and sister and sister-in-law. Then the next night we visited and ate with my two brothers, one sister-in-law and one sister. Pretty good gathering for such short notice, especially because my brothers are farmers and it's a busy time of year. After the family visits we headed for Nashville to see our long-time friends, the Mays. Dorothy and Marty had started on a giant jigsaw puzzle about 10 months ago and Marty had just finished it while we were gone. The puzzle is 7,500 pieces and it's NINE FEET LONG BY THREE FEET WIDE. The picture doesn't do it justice. After a brief overnight visit we headed for Knoxville. We found it green and lush, as there had been several nice rains during our absence. To quote another Dorothy, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home......."