Thursday, June 30, 1977

Got started early this morning. After driving a while, Dave had a blowout on his truck. We stopped at a restaurant for breakfast while they changed the tire. We arrived at Lake Weatherford about noon and stayed there till about 6:30 PM. We all went swimming and had a refreshing and fun time. After driving several hours we were tired and stopped at the roadside for a nap. After an hour or so we took off and lost Dave again. We stopped at a restaurant for coffee and waited a while but he didn't show up. We decided to keep driving towards Arkansas ...

Wednesday, June 29, 1977

Got up about 4:30 AM, but it took a couple of hours to get on the road. It was cooler today and we had a sprinkling of rain. We had to change the other tire on the trailer. Lost Dave for a while. He had stopped for a nap. Dave and Mike had fun scaring the girls with some large bugs. We drove till 2:45 AM and pulled in at Abilene for the rest of the night.

Tuesday, June 28, 1977

Got up around 7:00 AM. Dave, Robert and the dogs went swimming in the Colorado River. We drove from Yuma, AZ, to Deming, NM. It was hot all day - over 100 degrees! The Volkswagen had a blowout with Val driving. Mo jumped out of the car and took off. We had to change a tire on the trailer because it had a big bubble in it. The wind was blowing hard tonight and lightning was flashing. We were low on gas and the fuel filter was clogged, so we pulled in for the night a little before eleven.

Monday, June 27, 1977

Had just about everything loaded last night. Slept in trailer, kids slept at Ivan's, Rita's, and Sandie's, some in trailer. Got up about 7:00 AM and waited for Dave till about 4:00 PM. Ivan and Grace gave us breakfast and we sat under Patsy's tree most of the day. Hunsucker's were moved in already. Finally got going and arrived at Mecca at Dave's parents about seven. There was a hot wind blowing. They served cold lemonade and I fixed dinner in the trailer. Got going again about 10:45 PM and drove till about 4:00 AM, where we slept at Yuma, Arizona.