After some discussion, mother and dad and I will drive down to Las Cruces, NM for Delon’s funeral. It is very strange to me that of all dad’s siblings, the youngest was the first to die. All the rest of the siblings are in poor health as well and this may well be the last time for dad to see his sister. So, we’ll make the drive down.

Mapquest says it’s a thousand miles and fifteen hours by way of Salt Lake, Price, Moab, Monticello, Cortez, Gallup, and Albuquerque. We’ll do the trip down in two days and take two days to make the trip back. We’ll leave on Monday morning, February 11th and get back home on Friday, February 15th.

The plan is to drive on Monday to Gallup, New Mexico where we’ll stay in the Hampton Inn there (505-726-0900). We’ll arrive in Las Cruces sometime on Tuesday afternoon. We’ll be staying at the Hampton Inn in Las Cruces (755 Avenida De Mesilla 505-526-8311) on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. We’ll leave on Thursday morning and plan to drive to Monticello, Utah where we’ll stay Thursday night at the Best Western in Monticello (435-587-2261).

Delon’s funeral is at 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The current plan is that he’ll be buried at the Cleveland Cemetery in Cleveland, Idaho but according to Delon’s daughter Cheryl, those arrangements haven’t been finalized yet. It is a sad day.