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NEBRASKA TO CALIFORNIA
In December of 1975, Verna and I made a trip to see Ken and family in Cape Girardeau [sic] Missouri. Ken was teaching at the University. We spent Christmas with them and then drove west to Arizona to see my brother Ernie and family, in Mesa and Verna's sister, Marvelle, in Sun City. It was now January and when we were ready to return to Scottsbluff, there was a blizzard in the Rocky Mountain Area, and we were afraid to drive thru the mountains.
While we were living in Jordan, we became acquainted with Romain and Bertha Swedenburg. Romain was minister at the Community church in Beirut and we had often driven from Amman Jordan to visit. They had returned to the US and were now serving a church in Fresno California. We knew that it would be some time before we could go home thru the mountains, so we decided to visit the Swedenburgs.
The best route home from Fresno [sic] CA. was north on 99 and then I-80. If we went that route we would be within a couple hours from Sonoma. How could we come that close without stopping to see Dale and Peggy?
Every time we were in Sonoma, we had looked at houses, thinking that some day we would live here. Peggy suggested that we take a look at the Mobile Homes at Pueblo Serena. The day before we were to start for home, we went to Pueblo Serena, the manger showed us the only two coaches that were for sale. We had never lived in a mobile home, and I wasn't interested. We made an appointment to return the next day, but canceled it the next morning. As we drove thru Sonoma on our way home, Verna said, "It will be at least another year before we get back here, perhaps we should have looked again." This comment sparked a lot of conversation for the remainder of the day. When we reach Elko Nevada, we had decided to make an offer on one of the coaches, so we made phone call to the manager of the park.
We were home for only one day, and received a telephone call, telling us that we had purchased the coach. Now we ha to do something. We listed our house in Scottsbluff, and sold it quickly. We called a mover and loaded everything on the truck, and arrived in Sonoma, May 1, 1976. We were now Californians.
Peggy and Russ met us at 29 Mazatlan Drive, as we drove up at exactly at 12:00 noon. They presented us with flowers and a bottle of Sonoma wine. Our house hold goods arrived a few hours before we did, and were all unloaded. We began the unpacking process within an hour. Russ informed us that if we would get our boxes unloaded he would be glad to get them out of the way the next day.
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