" I said "sure", and before she could ask the next obvious question, I told her that I would be checking the neighborhood, to help with errands, groce...y store visits, Christmas tree setups ... whatever I could do to make an extra holiday buck ... then I was met with the highly encouraging statement, "And by the way, don't expect a big Christmas and a lot of presents, I'm just not in the mood ... we'll be going to Virginia for the day, to see the family – that's about it..." I watched her back. Pat said she needed to run, after the big breakfast she had eaten. Cammy agreed.Cammy usually ran a mile at top speed each morning after breakfast and before her morning shower. She would then get dressed and open the office at seven thirty. That morning Cammy trotted so that an out of shape and flabby Pat could keep up. Pat had to rest several times. Cammy said "Pat you need to get on some kind of exercise program and loose about twenty pounds." Pat agreed. Canny said "I will do this with you. He minced out of the room and peeked into the living room, they werestill watching TV, so he headed back to the laundry room, he did thisa few times, finally Robyn called out "Why do you keep coming in here?You are not getting your chores done." She stood and followed him backto the laundry room."I was just checking to make sure everything was ok with the two ofyou," he said, defending his actions."Well we are fine, stay in here and finish, there is a lot to wash."She looked around and then. He ran out of money two months into the trip and decided to work his way across the country. He had the occasional breakdown he had to pay to get fixed when he couldn't do it, himself. Sometimes, those took a lot of money.Still, over all he was having a good time. He just kept going when he could. In two years he had seen a lot of America, but in his mind, he had more to see. So he had kept going.He stopped in a rural area and got a job delivering LP gas to outlying farms and homes in the area..