Spent almost 8 hours in the car today but actually did go somewhere. I drove 270 miles to Lewistown for lunch. I didn't really go there just for lunch. I met my brother from Livingston and my mom who flew in from Arizona a couple of days ago and brought her home for the summer. I had told my brother I should make it there in 3 1/2 hours not being sure of the miles. As I got down the road and did some mental calculation of the time and distance, I realized I'd better put the pedal down if I was going to get there by 12:30. There's a lot of nothing and not much traffic on the trip so I was able to do just that. We joke that a heavy foot is "genetical" in our family. It's probably from living in the middle of nowhere and all the miles we drive.
While I was in Lewistown I went to the cemetery to put flowers on the grave of a good friend who has been gone for 17 years. I still miss her and can't believe she's been gone that long. She'll be forever 29 and gone much, much too soon.
Once I got Mom home and hauled in her bags and groceries, I planted some "vases" at my dad's and niece's graves and put fresh flowers out. The vases are made from truck horns that my brother-in-law found and sent to me after we had talked about the idea last summer. My dad always hated fake flowers so we don't ever put any out for him. This way we can put water in the vases for real flowers. My dad's 85th birthday was yesterday so I wanted to give him some flowers.
It was a long day, but a nice day for a drive, and I'm glad my mom is back home for a few months.
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