Mexico to Missouri

We left Mexico about 8:45 AM Friday morning after getting Marlene's meds and headed north on 77. North of LaGrange Texas about 10 miles we witnessed a flying car. I am not kidding. An airborn car came across our lane in front of us. It had to be about 4 to 5 feet off the ground. There was a car behind a truck in front of us  so we do not know what precipatated the flying car and we have been speculating on it ever since. Butch slowed down thinking he would have to stop but there were others stopped already because there had been a previous accident as there were two young people wandering around their car and you could see their airbags had deployed. We do not know if the two incidents were connected. I would have stopped. I had some concern because I saw the flying car land. It hit very hard in the ditch and smoke immediately rolled out from beneath it.
That was quite exciting in a worrisome kind of way.

Then we had just come through Waco, looking for a motel to stay in when son Gary called to ask where we were. I took the opportunity to ask him to research on the computer, he is very good at that, a motel for us north of Waco. Preferably a Motel 6. He called back shortly as we were on the edge of Hillsboro TX to tell us there was a Motel 6 right there at Hillsboro!. He said Expedia suggests this one at Hillsboro and gives it a high rating. He gave us the exit number which happened to be 2 exits from where we were at that very minute! How good is that. We avoided being involved in a very bad accident by mere seconds and then received a phone call at exactly the right time. We are mighty fortunate people I tell you! Oh, and it was an excellent motel too.
Today we left Hillsboro very early and enjoyed a very smooth trip through Fort Worth, Texas. The best trip through there we have ever had(7:00 a m). While we were going through Fort Worth they had one of those Amber Alert messages that said an elderly couple had been reported missing driving a white Buick. I told Butch often times those alerts are slightly premature and the parents just forgot to check in with the kids. I also said I do not want to ever be the elderly couple in the white Buick. Butch said, "Oh, I don't know, I might like a white Buick."
We ran into bits of snow in north Texas and then more as we were in Oklahoma. All of this was old snow and none was on the roadways. Hope that continues but I hear that is not the case in Iowa. So after this message gets posted I must check the road conditions in Iowa.

We arrived in Lee's Summit Missouri at the Gary and Susan Brooker residence and have enjoyed a delicious South Beach supper.
Tomorrow we will venture even further north to the fine state of Iowa.
Till next time...