I arrived in Missoula, Mt. last evening around 10 PM. Yesterday was a much later start than l planned with hitting the road at 11:30.  Travel was easy with good weather and only a rare sprinkle.  Jeffrey would have been proud of me using my technology (tablet) to find a motel in Missoula and booking it for the best price.
      Saturday was the crazy day for me.  Sandy, Robert's mom, wanted to have a going away gathering for me.  That started around noon. It was wonderful to spend time with Sandy, Dr. Bob, Robert, Travis, Lexie, Tommy, Lupe, Tim and Laura. Thank you Sandy for the wonderful goodie bag! Because of it I only made 3 quick stops yesterday! And Robert, I am writing in my travel journal. It is much less frustrating than this blog since I wrote this current entry last evening after arriving and then promptly lost it into cyber no-man land.
     Around 5 PM Tommy, Travis, Lexie, Lupe and I moved over to Ashley's 30th birthday party.  She had no idea about the party and so the surprise was a success! This was a great gathering since so many of Jeffrey's friends were here and I finally was able to meet Alexis.  Tyler arrived after he had gotten off work and so that was good to see him before I left.
       However the evening was not finished because Travis and I had promised Brandon that we would make it to his 30th birthday party as well.  Well, this was outside of Portland but Travis and I finally made it at 9 PM and everyone was gone from party except Brandon and Darby and 3 other friends but we were able to spend some quality time with them and Travis and Brandon were able to have a drink together and play some pool.  It was nice sitting with Darby and getting to know her a little better.  Well, we got to see Brandon, but Lynzi we had missed. She had to go to work and bartend in Battle Ground.  We could not call it an evening without seeing her.  Sooo, I, being the designated driver, drove Travis to Battle Ground so we could see Lynzi.  The bar was busy but Travis, being bold, he said he learned this from Jeffrey, grabbed a couple unused bar stools and set them down next to the cash register at the bar.  This way when Lynzi was not busy with a customer she could visit with us.  Travis and I had a great visit while we were sitting there and it was definitely a highlight in the day. Travis, Jeffrey would be so proud of you and I am so honored to call you one of my "adopted" sons!  Thank you Lexi for sharing him with me for the evening!!  Well, I finally made it home at 1:30 AM.  Travis and Lynzi, you managed to keep me out later than I have been out in years! But it was all so worth it!!  So that is why my 6 AM departure Sunday morning was pushed back to 11:30.
      Well, I am off today and will make it over to Jimmy's!! I am hoping to get there in time to see Taylor play soccer!  Adiós!