May 19, 2011 - Beginning the Bus Tour

The "Magical Mystery Bus Tour" officially begins today. We flew down to Corpus Christi today and were reunited with the "Madison Bus". It has been sitting here, unattended, for almost three weeks. But now we are back and are completely connected to it. It is "us and the bus".

I am ready for the journey to begin. It is time to leave the boat, time to leave Texas, and time to head West! We will carry Madison with us every step of the way. As soon as we get the boat tucked away and ready for hurricane season, we will begin the journey west - hopefully within two to three days.

It was so wonderful getting here today and finding the bus safe. I drove it back from the grocery store and feel so connected to it - connected to Madison and his spirit. Two years ago I was hanging on to life by a thread - a very fragile thread indeed. But now, after a seemingly impossible search for Madison's Van, a sense of joy has been restored within my being. A part of Madison has been returned to my life.