Sis and Ron drove to Wayne on St Pat's day. It was bright and hot all the way and the 8 plus hour drive went quickly and ended as the night started to fall over northeast Nebraska. We met Diane, Jim's wife in the lobby of the Super 8 the next morning. The funeral for Lester "Dick" was well attended for a man in his late 80's. Burial was in the northwestern part of the cemetery with military honors. The blasting guns and taps salute were startling and haunting.
Lunch followed in the church basement and we got to talk with many family members and friends of Dick. Jim and Diane's daughters are all tall and beautiful. Unfortunately I missed talking to Kirk's son and daughter, but did have a chance to find out that he installs ATM's in the US and Canada for a local company.
One pleasant surprise was the electricity generating windmills around Rock Port, MO. We did see one of the monster blades being transported on a long semi somewhere on the I-29 corridor. Reportedly Iowa has several of these windmill farms already in place.
The return trip went smoothly until we encountered rain at Sedalia to Rocky Mount. We need the moisture so no complaints.
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