A Great Honor

We ate lunch at the Medina Senior Center today. When we approched the center we noted more people and traffic than normal. About half way through our meal we were told the body of one of our VERY brave servicemen was due into the Hondo Airport and would be transported to the church for his final services and enturnment. The airport is next to the Senior Center.
The serviceman was U.S. Army Spc. Charles J. Wren who was killed by an IED while he was serving in Afghanistan. Charles was a native of Hondo, TX, graduated from Hondo High School and had married a local girl before he was deployed on his first tour of duty in 2008. They had no children.
There was a large motorcycle contigent to accompany the casket, and it seemed as if most of the towns people that could were in attendence either in vehicles, standing along the route, with many holding flags.
A very touching experience.

Our regular form of communication has been with the use of e-mail which was sent to many folks that we thought were interested in keeping up with our travels; we have sent around 84 such e-mails, but now we are going to try this blog thing. If you are on our regular mailing list you should have gotten an e-mail giving you this blog. Our e-mail address hasn't changed and we welcome them.
Carlyn, my wife, and I have been living in a 36' motorhome since May, 1999. We have traveled about 90,000 miles, and called home to 410 places even though just for a night. We have visited all the lower 48 states, have designs on spending time in Alaska. Spent time in SE Canada, and made a trip to Sweden, without the motorhome of course. We have had two RV sites. The one we currently own is in Hondo, TX and we will be leaving around May 6th for Nebraska, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for the balance of the summer.
Now it is up to you!
Remember; "It's not the destination that counts, but the journey."