15 of the guys were interested and couple of them wanted to know if they could bring their wife which was fine with me. I told Dom about the 20 person...guaranty and he told me no problem and later called me and told me he had 6 more friends lined up. That made a total of 23 people counting the two other wives. I called Fred and we set it up for the following Friday. His bar is a working class place so Friday is a slow night so he wasn’t giving up much. He spread the word over the next week that. Landing at Andrews on Tuesday afternoon the girls with JJ and RJ were waiting with the G5. Traffic had been stalled on RT50 since Monday morning. A double tractor trailer accident with one of the trucks hanging off the high middle span had the east-west span closed, including the shipping channel below.The west-east span had two head on accidents within seconds from impatient drivers, both with massive numbers of deaths. The highway would be closed until the accident investigations completed.. ”“But before we get started back to town, how about some beans and coffee. I’m a fair trail cook. As long as it’s simple.”It was an almost carnival atmosphere when the so-called Washoe teams returned to Wilkins. Most of the Hacienda families had gotten word that there was a mission coming home, and they wanted to show their support. There were also folks from the surrounding area that, sensing the carnival atmosphere, had set up temporary booths for food and entertainment.When the star. She explained that neither of them were able to paint the higher parts of the house because they didn't like being up on the ladder. I told her it wouldn't be any problem for me and I would get started first thing in the morning. We had a nice diner and relaxed watching TV for a while. Liz excused herself and went to take a bath and get ready for bed. Betty had gone to clean up in the kitchen so I started flipping through the channels looking for something to watch. As I did I came upon several.