The Journey Continues.....

We have had an amazing road trip so far! Yes, there have been a few bumps in the road….or maybe more then a few, but we’ve all survived. There have been many blessings along the way and it has been so wonderful to spend time with friends and family. We have met many amazing people and have seen incredible things. The kids enjoyed the waterpark in Nebraska, the rainstorm in Iowa was impressive, the moment when our awning flew off the side of our RV driving down the interstate was also quite a God moment. Nobody was hurt!

At a rest stop in Nebraska- right before a big storm

We’ve met new people at churches in Chicago and Pennsylvania and visiting Naomi’s family in upper Michigan. She was also able to meet her older sister for the first time in the Chicago area. Julia and Steevenson were both able to assist with cow insemination with Uncle David in Indiana. They will never be the same!

Frozen leaf from the liquid nitrogen

Liquid nitrogen is some pretty cool stuff!

They then made rockets with liquid nitrogen. Always fun times on the farm! We blew a tire in Ohio, but were able to get it fixed relatively quickly. We then made it into Philadelphia down narrow roads without hitting anything (praise God). We enjoyed visiting with our friend Emily at her church, but had a small bump when we discovered a ticket for parking our RV on a residential street and apparently damaging a tree (not exactly sure how there was any damage, but the leaves hung down on top of our RV and I guess that wasn’t ok). But….that’s a minor thing in comparison to all the tolls getting across Pennsylvania. Yikes!

Philadelphia with our good friend Emily :)

After leaving Pennsylvania, we unfortunately blew another tire on the border of Delaware, but this time it took out the tire next to it and part of the underside of our RV. Praise God nobody was hurt! It was not drivable and we were stuck on the interstate. After a few hours of trying to figure out a plan with AAA, the kids and I hiked a few miles up the road (which felt like 10) to a hotel where we remained for the next two days. Apparently car places don’t carry tires that large and truck places don’t carry tires that small. We had to order some. Plus, we were unable to locate a tow truck that had the ability to tow an RV as big as ours.

Crossing into Delaware as we walk to the hotel

After relaxing in the hotel and swimming in the pool, we eventually were back on the road in this apparently big RV that suddenly felt really small and had a relatively unpleasant smell. Funny how I didn’t notice it as much the past 3 weeks while we were traveling around.

Walking to the hotel...

Swimming in the pool

David and Julia relaxing at the hotel

We then stopped in Maryland to see some good friends we’ve known from Oregon and headed towards Washington DC to meet with some of Christelle’s family. There were a few challenges getting the RV into the city and parking was an issue. There was a place we located at Union Station that said they could accommodate RV’s for only $18 for 24 hours, but it was a first come first served basis. We arrived in the middle of the night and were turned away. So, we found street parking and that ended up working out ok after negotiating with the parking meter guy as well as another gentleman that managed the building we were parked in front of. We just kept paying the meter online with our phone. Amazing the technology today!

In from of the White House

We are now outside of DC at just about my favorite place on earth- Chick-fil-A. For those on the west coast, you’re missing out! I have missed Chick-fil-A ever since we moved back to Oregon from North Carolina. We are looking forward to seeing good friends in the Charlotte/Monroe area and then will be on our way to Tennessee. What a journey it has been so far!

Please pray for our refrigerator that seems to not be working as well as our batteries that provide electricity in the RV. We bought new batteries before we left Oregon, but they quit working a few days back. We have also not had air conditioning since Oregon (which hasn’t been a huge problem yet), but as we get into the southern states, it would sure be nice to have our air conditioning working. Maybe in North Carolina or Tennessee we will be able to have a couple of these “minor” things looked at.

Thank you everyone!! We feel blessed to be on this road trip and especially blessed by all the prayers and incredible support we have received. We are continually amazed by all the things the Lord is doing in our lives.