I know it’s been a while, and I apologize. On the upside, after talking to my Uncle Bruce, the files Grandfather used in his genealogical research are confirmed as being in his possession. Uncle Bruce’s, not Grandfather’s. After Aunt Nan passed away, they were handed off to Uncle Bruce.

So, I leave the fair environs of my humble abode on January 14th, 2008 at about 0700 MST for a short flight to Denver International, where I have a four hour layover. Cheap tickets are one thing, only one flight that will get me to a connecting flight four hours later is something else. Luckily, I have cousins in the area, and they plan on visiting with me while I am there. If you are in the Denver area on January 14th, 2008, between the hours of 0843 and 1240 MST, drop me a line and I will forward contact information.

Once I leave Denver it is but a short hop to Tampa International, arriving at 1800 EST. Once I get my rental car, I’m off to Uncle Bruce’s house, where I will visit and gather my Grandfather’s files. I will be in the Tampa/Clearwater area until the morning of January 16th, 2008, when I depart on my road trip home. Yes, I am driving home with the files, because they are original documents, including letters from ancestors, and there is no way I am allowing Brown, or White, or Yellow, or any of those guys the chance to misplace one or two of the boxes. While I don’t have a lot of stops planned, I will be traveling north on I-75 to I-10, then west to Lafayette, LA, (bypassing NOLA on I-12) where I will be jogging north on I-49 and picking up I-20 in Shreveport. Continuing west, I plan on spending the afternoon/overnight on Thursday, January 17th, 2008, in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area (TMBWitW’s adopted mama’s mother lives there, and GG is really taken with MEG. I will be delivering Christmas and Birthday photos). The morning of the 18th, I continue my travels and spend the next three and a half days crossing the expanses of Texas – OK, not really. I pick back up on the I-10 and carry on into Arizona and home. Maybe Friday night, maybe Saturday morning. Depends on how hard I push it.

I tell you all that to say this – if you would like to be a part of my “People and Places” entry/entries, with photos (if you are camera shy or blog anonymously, you will be photographed from the back), please drop me a line. I would like to meet any and/or all of you along my travel path, even if it is only for a minute or two to get the photographic proof of my being there. If you are not on the direct path, I may be persuaded to deviate slightly if there are home made baked goods involved, or a genealogical link.

Hope to hear from you soon!