Independent Rock. day 1 of fall trip…

Yesterday started off with a challenge when we went to pick up the camper from storage. The valve stem was leaking on one of the camper tires. So we went to the Bargain Barn Tire store to get out fixed. We got it home and packed up the camper and truck. Off to the weigh scale to make sure we weren’t overloaded. On the way we heard an audible crash. We stopped. Nothing wrong on the outside. We went inside the camper. Much to out shagrin the refrigerator door came open. Soda cans and eggs were scattered about in the camper…..scrambled eggs (3 survived!)all over the floor 😂.  

 

In the two forays, we handled the situations differently. One good. One not so good. God is always teaching us. My scripture yesterday was this……

 

Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Hebrews 10:35-36

 

I figure that we’re going to need endurance for such a long trip.  Our reward will be seeing the awesomeness of God’s creation and ultimately the kids and grandkids. 

 

Today……..started very similarly. We embarked on our journey at 7am. Sigh…..the valve stem was leaking again. Argh. Another trip to the Bargain Barn. After an hour and a half we finally got on our way. The tire tech hopefully did not damage our truck and trailer with the way he initially jacked up the trailer to work on it. Praying that all is ok.

 

We traversed thru barren areas of SW SD and Wyoming….lots of arid areas, antelope, and WIND.  We stopped at Independence Rock between Casper and Rawlins. It’s a spot along the Oregon trail where folks would stop and carve their names on top of this rock. Saw lots of names dated from the 1800’s. Pretty cool.

 

Finally made it to Rawlins, WY late afternoon. Set up the camper. Have some kinks to work out being out of practice with camper setup.  Met some nice folks from OK named Cheryl and Ron next door.