Sunday, November 30, 2008

Tucumcari Travel Trials

The day started rosy!
However, our travel motto, James 4:13-15, was soon remembered.


Around 1:30 pm George noticed a loss of power, checked all the gauges and they looked good, glanced in the side mirror and saw smoke. Not a good sign. He pulled to the shoulder, did a visual check and saw where the smoke was coming from. Not wanting to be so close to the traffic, he drove slowly to a rest stop a few miles down the road. Thank you, Lord.


He can see generally where the problem is and thinks it might be bad valves, hopefully.
There are other worse possibilities:(

So, when life hands you a lemon.......


Barbecue!


And enjoy the view.

We are about 40 miles west of Tucumcari, NM. I checked online and it looks like there are several truck and RV repair shops there. Being it is Sunday, we figured they were probably closed and will drive the truck in tomorrow, Lord willing, and see if we can get some help. I just looked out the window and it is.....SNOWING! This could be interesting. We have fuel for the generator and propane for the heater, so we should stay warm. Yikes.



3 comments:

Eyes_Wide_Open said...

You're blogging again.

I'm sorry, but as for the "when life hands you lemons" quote, I can't help but think about a certain birthday card that I got years ago from Parkhurst.

It said:

"When life hands you lemons, shove them down your bra....can't hurt...might help."

But, I guess that applies to me more than you.

Alright. Off to play with the boys.

Unknown said...

NO! I'm sorry for the delay! I think you have drunk plenty of lemonade with this home on wheels. Or rather...many barbecues. I had to laugh at how well that thought fit you and dad...with the barbecue and the views.

JPB said...

Oh dear.