Load 'em Up; Move 'em Out

Tomorrow we are headed out to the Davis Mountains in far West Texas for the annual gathering of Bloys Camp Meeting. This is my 61st year as I attended before I was a year old; it is Carl's 19th year. My father attended every year of his life except the 3 years during WWII when he was in the South Pacific -- his CO didn't understand the importance of attending :-)

It's a one-time-a-year event and we stay in not-so-airtight cabins so we have to take our bedding and towels. We also never know whether it will be hot, warm, or cold so we have to take clothes for all seasons. This year, however, we are taking some items that are somewhat unexpected:

• electronic keyboard
• dorm-size refrigerator
• microwave oven
• air compressor
• ladders
  
• window fans
• plastic drawers
• hanging baskets
• hummingbird feeder and nectar
• large plastic tubs to use for storing cups and glasses in the kitchen
• cutting boards
• flourescent light bulbs
• plywood
• 2x4's
• lawn chairs
  

It amounts to a pick-up bed and utility trailer full -- we look a lot like the Clampetts!

I'll be away from internet, television, radio, and only minimal cell phone connection, so I'm signing off until the week of August 10.