Visit with Carole

Yesterday morning we checked out of the La Quinta in Bossier City at 9:00 and paid $55.25 for the room. There was a Burger King near the motel and we went there for breakfast. We both had croissants (Mike had sausage, egg & cheese and I had bacon, egg & cheese), orange juice and coffee.

I did get a call yesterday from Clyde from the Florida Genealogical Society. He is checking over the application I sent in for the Florida Pioneer Descendants and he said that I had omitted correcting a couple of items. He said that if it was OK with me, he would make those corrections for me and then the application could be approved. OF COURSE, I told him to make those corrections for me and thanked him again for his help and advice. Now Mike and Fletcher will get their Florida Pioneer Descendants certificates and I will get a certificate for doing the research. I had also submitted Mike's brother Chris for a certificate and had hoped that it would be approved while he was still alive because he was really interested in the Fletcher family history.

We were on the road by 9:45 and heading west on I-20 to Dallas where we connected with US-67 south which took us to Pecan Plantation where Carole lives. We arrived at her house a little after 2:00 yesterday after driving 255 miles from Bossier City.

This was a difficult visit for us since Mike's brother Chris died just 3 weeks ago on Aug. 27. We didn't come out sooner because no memorial service has been planned yet.

We've spent the last 2 days just visiting with Carole and talking about Chris. Carole is still in the process of dealing with all the paperwork involved after Chris' death - Social Security, military retirement, insurance policies, magazines and websites he subscribed to and the list goes on.

We just stayed at the house visiting and as always Carole prepared great meals for us. Carole is fortunate that she has a lot of friends in the area (some of whom we know) and we know she will have a lot of support from her friends.

We took Carole out for dinner tonight and she suggested the Hoffbrau Steaks restaurant in Granbury. Carole and I ordered the 6 oz. sirloin with salad and baked potato and Mike ordered the smoked sausage with mac-n-cheese and a salad. Carole a glass of merlot and Mike and I ordered Shiner Bock beer. The food was very good and we thanked Carole for suggesting the restaurant.

Before heading back to the house, we stopped at to get gas at Murphy's and paid $1.749 a gallon.

Tomorrow morning we will be leaving and heading back home, but with a few stops on the way.