Haven at Home on Wheels... Day 3

Journaling our cross-country journey...

Today we were up around 6:30am to prepare
for our departure from Uncle's house.
We managed to get on the road around 9am
and began our journey to Atlanta.

We enjoyed singing along to
some FBN share-a-thon music
that we had on cd (given to us by our pastor).
It was a joy to sing praises together
as we bounced traveled down the long road...




On the way, we stopped at a rest area
to stretch our legs and such and prepare lunch.
I enjoyed preparing our first lunch in the camper. ;o)

Just as I was finishing up preparing lunch,

my beloved blessed me with a

freshly picked-by-him wildflower/wildweed bouquet...

What a thoughtful blessing! *Ü*

We ate lunch as we traveled

down the road toward our destination.

Suzie resting her head on her bowl. ;o)

{picture from my phone and blurry... so sorry}

The children as we traveled.

{notice the lil' girls in the back seat? lol}

Between the heat (almost 90), leather seats,

and no air conditioning to conserve power

to haul the camper, and Atlanta lunch traffic,

temperments weren't, um, quite at their best.

But, by God's grace, we forgave one another,

moved on and arrived at our friend's house.

What a joy it was to visit with friends

that we hadn't seen in years!

The children (and Suzie) enjoyed playing outside

with one another and their children

and the adults enjoyed catching up. ;o)

They blessed us with a wonderful meal

(and chocolate chip cookies!).
It was a sweet time of fellowship and blessing!

We departed their home around 3:30

and began our journey to Alabama

where hubby's mama, dad, and sister live.

We caught thick traffic in Atlanta,

a pin snapped off of the sway bar on the camper

(but after inspection, it was still driveable),

traffic was at a snail's pace, it was over 90 in Yuki,

the air was off to conserve power
and the windows were down...

It was hot!

But we worked at counting our blessings

and enjoyed singing more praises.

South of Atlanta, Daddy decided
to turn the air on for a bit.

What a delight that was! ;o)

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We arrived in Alabama around 6pm

and became time travellers, travelling back in time,

as we crossed the Central Time Zone. ;o)

We learned that Alabama does not have

an official nickname and is commonly called

"The Heart of Dixie" and sometimes called

the Cotton State or Yellowhammer State...

ah, Yuki-schooling! ;o)

We stopped to fill up at the gas station

and Ally and I walked to the Waffle House for coffee,

then we headed down the road to finish our trip.

We arrived at mama-in-law's shortly after

and enjoyed eating supper and fellowshipping with them

before retiring for the night.

Since mom's house is on a hill... so is the camper

and as we laid in it, getting comfortable in bed,

we realized it was leaning way too much, so,

in the middle of the night, we packed the children

into the Yukon, hooked the camper to it,

and adjusted its position to be more level.

An hour or two later, we were finally able

to lay down and rest our sleepy eyes.

I was thankful for my husband, who works so hard,

is very thorough, and cares so much for his family.

The LORD is good... always.