The Night Before
We’ve reserved a Chrysler Town & Country which has seats that will fold down into the floor, leaving enough room for my father, Diane, Peter and me. I did check on the cargo area, and I was assured there would be enough, not for a casket, or “casket-sized steamer trunk,” but for a “large box about seven feet long.”
We’ve scheduled a service for 10 AM Thursday morning, after which the company that provides the vault will lower Mack into the ground. Our next stop – The Best Western in El Dorado, Kansas on Wednesday night.
Wise not to push on through in one day, but El Dorado’s still pushing 600 miles. Long day. And here’s hoping all that “about seven foot” euphemistic vagueness doesn’t turn a couple too many (or too few) inches ugly …
Bon voyage, thou spinners of saga!
Comment by el Kib — February 7, 2007 @ 9:45 am