Bob and I have a friend from Chicago who has been working in Norman OK.  Bob was on the phone with Joe yesterday and we asked him if he would like us to meet him for dinner.  The drive from here is nearly 3 hours so we got a room at the hotel and stayed the night. It was really good to see and visit with Joe.  It was also really nice for us to get out.  On our way home we were redirected from highway 35 to another highway for a while because of construction and high traffic back ups.  The picture below is Turner Falls.  We would have never have seen that if we were not redirected to a different route.  What a blessing for us!  We got a chance to stop and smell the roses.