Our first day of our trip was an eventful day for sure. It was the first day of our Gulf Shores
trip. We left the farm at around 9am
with the expectation we would arrive at an RV site in Alabama at about 5pm. God had other plans for us though.
Our first stop was a little after noon to grab lunch at a truck
stop and to fill up the truck. After
doing both we walked outside to head back to the truck when Cody notice
something dragging under the fifth wheel.
Upon further inspection he realized the bottom of the “extreme weather
package” had come apart and the insulation under the RV was coming out. Luckily Cody always brings a tool box when we
travel so he was able to temporarily fix the problem. After about a half hour of that we were back
on the road.
At some point of our drive a truck came up next to us and
was trying to get Cody’s attention. Cody
realized the guy was trying to tell him something about our bikes that we had
on the bike rack on the back of the fifth wheel. We pulled over on the interstate and Cody checked
it out. Somehow the hitch on the fifth
wheel broke and the bike rack was not being held onto the back right so one of the
bike wheels was dragging and it is bald now.
Cody took the bikes off the rack and put them in the RV and took the
bike rack off the hitch and put it in the bed of the truck. We were off again after another short delay.
As we were getting off the interstate to go to our
destination Cody’s truck alerted him that he had only 30 miles to empty. We were about 9 miles from our destination so
we decided to head there and drop the RV off then go to the gas station. Unfortunately, the truck decided to jump from
30 miles to 25 miles then to 20 miles until empty within the span of 2 miles. We were worried we wouldn’t make it to the
destination let alone back to the gas station.
When we pulled into our site for the night the truck said 8 miles until
empty. I as explaining to the lady at
check in the situation and she as gracious enough to let us use a can of diesel
she had. What a sweet woman! Shout out to Wheeler Lake KOA in Hillsboro, Alabama!! By the time we got to the gas station the truck
said 0 miles until empty. That was scary
but we made it.
We headed back to the site for the night to set up
camp. When I opened the door to the RV I
noticed glass EVERYWHERE. I started the
process of opening the slides and that’s when I realized that one of the cupboards
opened up during our trip. It happened
to be the cupboard that I put my Pyrex bakeware in and that is what fell out
and broke everywhere. Luckily replacing
those will not be expensive.
At about 8pm we were finally set up and decided not to cook
for the night and just eat some leftovers.
We finished a movie we had started watching the previous day and went to
bed. A few hours later I woke Cody up
yelling in my sleep and he shook me awake.
Without getting into details about the dream let’s just say it was
spiritual in nature and as I told Cody about it he said let’s pray about
it. He laid his hands on me and he
prayed for me. I just love that quality
about him. His go to in all situations
is to pray.
Overall, it was a hectic day but God got us to our
destination safely. I look forward to
the rest of our trip.
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