Brian and Kelly Anderson made an
announcement to the group at breakfast that they are going to leave the group.
Kelly has a pretty extensive amount of family up north in Wisconsin and leaving
in January when everything is frozen solid is probably the best time to do it.
I honestly don’t think anyone is
faulting them for their decision to go. In fact, everyone in the crew was
willing to donate supplies for their journey. This afternoon, we are going to load
them up with food that does not require any kind of cooking, along with flats
of water, some toiletries, and some basic emergency supplies. We also agreed to
give them each a pistol, a rifle, and two boxes of ammunition.
As we speak, members of the group are
out there doing a full check on a vehicle that should be able to take them up
north. I have mentioned this before but Langely fell pretty quickly and Disney
did as well. That gave us access to three local gas stations so we have a
fairly large supply of gas on hand. I still worry about what they are going to
do 400 miles from here… but that is their choice to head out into the great
unknown.
It is a shame. We are going to miss
them but I think certain catalysts have decided to prompt them along on this
path. I think they had the idea a while back but the death of Judy provided all
of us with a gentle reminder that all this could end tomorrow.
If they can make it to family and ride
it out with blood relatives over a band of strangers, then I can completely
understand that. If I could ride this out with my dad, my sister, and her kids,
I would do it.
Both Brian and Kelly have been very
helpful with our group since they showed up in July. They will be missed but I
think the plan is to throw them a small going away party to say goodbye and
good luck. I think the game plan is for
them to head out early Monday morning. They will be missed so for the rest of
the weekend, I plan to enjoy what time we have left.
That is how we all should be living.
