Our day saying good-bye to Rex

One of the saddest yet most memorable days we had on our trip was the day we spent saying good-bye to a good friend of Sue's...Rex Downing.

Rex moved back to his home-town of Norman, OK a few years ago to take care of his aging mother.  Sadly, Rex passed this last January just a day before his birthday.  We visited with his sister Vicki and a few of his friends and then spread his ashes into the same creek where just a year earlier his mom's ashes were spread.

We each wrote a special message to Rex and after saying some words, and playing some of his favorite songs we sent him on his way down the creek and sent the balloons up in the sky.