Leaving Home Headed South

One of my favorite Jimmy Buffet songs advocates that one "Roll With The Punches".  That is the official theme of our first snowbird venture this winter.  We have no real deadlines and will comply readily with all of them!  

We left at about 1:20 pm on Saturday, January 4, 2020 after a series of false starts and things chucked into our path.

Like, for example, the situation with our cat, Teag.

Our daughter, Erin, agreed to have him as a house guest during our absence.  On Friday evening, we learned that her apartment complex needed more information about our cat than was ever required in vetting any recent government appointees.  After checking with the veterinary clinic where we got him 9 years ago (he is 12) we learned that they have no records that go back that far and the Erin may have to take him to a local vet to examine his non-existent testicles to ensure that he would not become the Genghis Kahn of her apartment feline community.

In spite of all these last minute demands, we managed to turn down the heat, turn off the water, program the light timers and hit the road.  Our plan was to go US131 to I94 to US31 and South to spend the night at a Cracker Barrel parking lot in Kokomo, IN.

At least, that was our plan.