All's well that ends well!

Let's  see if I can remember what has happened between the last blog and tonight.  Rochester MN and Mayo Clinic...
I woke up about 3:20am to go to the bathroom, and found my cousin, John, sitting at his computer working on a grant.  I couldn't get back to sleep, so got up about 4:14 as I had planned on 5am anyway.  My appointment for a blood test was at 6am.  Got that done and went back to my cousin's house to await my 2pm visit with the doctor.  We showed up about 5 'til and was greeted with "where have you been?  We marked you as a 'no show.' "  Turned out my appointment was at 10am, but all is well that ends well.  They had a busy morning and I would have had to wait a long time to get in.  As it was, they called me in seconds later. The doctor, a very nice guy, said he would really need some screenings to know what to do from here....my psa test was about the same as it has been for a number of months.  So we may make an August trip back - True Blue and the Lord willin', and the crick don't rise.

We said goodby to my cousin and headed back for the lake (187 miles).  We drove into a ferocious rainstorm, then the rush hour traffic of St. Paul/Minneapolis.  Again, white knuckle driving when we were moving and ho-hum when we weren't.  Took us 4.5 hours.  We got back to the cabin to find my cousin George and Jean were waiting to take us into this small MN town for the weekly Wings and Beer (or whatever you wanted to drink).  The food and drink were good.  They had live music and dancing!  All in all, a rewarding evening!   All is well that ends well.

Last day at the cabin started with rain.  We went by Letty's family cabin - long sold.  A handyman just happened to come by.  We had a very interesting visit. Turns out he had lived in Kuna for a couple of years a while back.   Proceeded into Alexandria to relive memories.  Bringing back some Minnesota wild rice!  The weather had cleared by late afternoon, so we sat down by the lake into the evening.  Good visit with cousins!
Beautiful sunset!  Also, bringing back some plants for the flower bed.  Also bringing back sacks of yarn, and small gifts for grandchildren.  Also bringing back a few additional books.  Also bringing back some bacon.  Can't tell what else is in the back of the car.

We started out early, well relatively early, this morning from Alexandria - for Billings MT, some 700 miles.
As we passed through North Dakota we saw some flooding, but heard of serious, big time flooding north of us in Minot.  We knew our  Meridian friends, Marvin and Brenda Nelson, were from there, so Letty texted her about it.  Turns out they were headed for ND, and were scheduled to arrive in Billings about the same time as us.  So we met them for dinner - a little late as our GPE got messed up and we got lost trying to find our motel.
As we walked out of the cafe, we got hit by a lightningntunder storm.  Water was over the curbs and into the streets.  But we lived through that!  All is well that ends well.

We leave for Idaho tomorrow.  My GPS says it is 460 miles.  Marvin says it is closer to 650.  The road weary warriors hope to drive into our driveway before dark tomorrow, Lord willin' and the crick don't rise.
Will give a trip wrap up when we get home.