I AM BACK FROM CALIFORNIA. DROVE FROM TYLER TO EL PASO STAYED OVER NIGHT. NEXT DAY DRIVE TO LOS ANGELES. DRIVE WAS VERY LONG. ENJOYED THE SIGHT SEEING. VAN LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSE STEEP MOUNTAINOUS HIGHWAYS TOO MUCH FOR THE OLD GIRL BUT SHE HUNG IN THERE LIKE A TOUGH SOLDIER. ACTED LIKE TYPICAL TOURISTS - TOOK PICTURES OF EVERYTHING. DROVE BACK BY WAY OF SAN DIEGO. CANYONS SUPER DEEP AND SCARY. GOT SIDE SWIPED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER IN EL PASO. STILL ABLE TO DRIVE VAN BACK TO TYLER TEXAS. DID NOT GET TIME TO REST. MOTHER GOT SICK AND HOSPITALIZED. EMERGENCY DIALYSIS PERFORMED. SHE IS DOING FAIRLY WELL BUT I AM SO TIRED. I PERIODICALLY PEEKED IN AT DEMOCRATS.ORG TO CHECK ON YOU GUYS. WILL BE VISITING YOU GUYS AGAIN AFTER I REST UP.

BY THE WAY, I AM STILL VOTING DEMOCRATS TO WIN IN NOVEMBER.

I SEE SOME OF YOU ARE 'FIST BUMPING' NOW SO COUNT ME IN. MISSED YOU ALL.