WDM, IA - Beards

But, we didn’t spend all of our time in Fort Dodge, we rotated between Fort Dodge and West Des Moines. We have our own house to take care of also. Meanwhile Gary’s busy calling and dealing with insurance companies, annuity companies, canceling Lug’s credit cards, all those fun things that go along with being an executor.

He also spent some time in the Fort Dodge Courthouse finding out that individuals cannot close estates, everyone must hire a lawyer. Hmm, guess who made that law?

And, by the way, if you’re paying attention to the pictures, you’ll notice that Gary is now sporting a new beard. When we turned our RV around and began to head back to Iowa in late February, he faced a decision: spend time shaving or use that time to drive some more. And, you can see what his decision was: forego the shaving. Here he is next to Tom, his brother-in-law who had had a beard for a while. Gary admits that he’s still trying to make up his mind about whether he will keep the beard or not.

Stay tuned and see Gary with the second permutation, a goatee rather than a full beard. Now, I’ll have to admit that I was not so happy with the beard. Firstly, his beard was so thick under his lower lip that I felt like I was kissing a toothbrush. Secondly, the beard hair was coming in grey and I thought he looked older. Kind of like Don Quixote. I 'd rather walk around with Brad Pitt.

Here’s his formal picture: at least in this picture, he looks more like Wolf Blitzer than Don Quixote.