Death in the family

I've been at mom's in Waycross GA since Wednesday March 12. My 54 year old cousin, Norman Holland, who lives in Nashville, passed away on the 10th. Earlier on that same day, Norman's nephew, 41 yr old Wesley Holland, died in an unrelated incident in Samson Al. It was very fortunate that I was in Waycross, because I was able to attend Norman's service which was in Alabama. It was so special and I was so grateful to see aunts, uncles, and cousins I haven't seen in a while. My cousin who is Wesley's father and Norman's brother was there. I can't even imagine his pain and grief; to lose a son and a brother in the same day from different situations. My trip to Waycross left Greg in Phoenix with the RV. He decided to go to the Grand Canyon and do some hiking. On Thursday, with a 50 pound backpack, he hiked about 5 hours down the Hermit's Rest. He realized half-way down that perhaps he had taken on more than he should have. He turned around and hiked back up (10 hour hike!) He called me from a pay phone (because naturally there is no cell coverage in a national park) to let me know what was going on. He decided to hike again on Saturday with a lighter pack. He wound up going all the way down to the Colorado river, spent the night and hiked back out on Sunday. I spoke to him after he finished but didn't ask how long it took him, but he seemed fine. He was going to grill a steak and drink a bottle of wine to recover! Monday (the 17th) he'll have to drive to Phoenix to pick me up at the airport at 10pm. I'll find a place to park the RV for the night. I'm not sure where we're going after that. We plan to be back in Anchorage by the middle of May. We'll keep in touch when we have internet. Hope everyone is staying warm!