The ARK sets sail!

It's day 3 of our adventure and one thing I can tell you is that we are covering ground at a snail's pace! Talk  about my life pace coming to  screeching halt, er.. crawl! Yep. And you know what? It's just fine with me.

I'm behind in my blogging so I'll just give you the nutshell version:

Day 1 - Left Mt Shasta to hugs from Yoshi, Pam and Larry rather late in the afternoon but who cares? Ended up at the lovely R Ranch in Hornbrook. If you are not familiar with it, it's a membership ranch and here's a mind blower. My birth papa helped develop that in the early 1970s and  OK, since you know my familial history, just think about putting together the pieces of the blessing of me being able to sit right next to the Klamath River on my first night out on the GREAT ADVENTURE!   I shall preface this by telling you that I stopped at the store in Hornbrook (out in the tulies) and made sure I was on the right road since I was coming from a different directions and didn't want to turn the ARK and La Rosa around on a thin road.. Yes, I was headed east. I ran into a gal I know from Mt Shasta whom I hadn't seen for a very, very long time. In fact, I didn't recognize her at first since she has lost a fair amount of weight. What are the chances of that happening? So, I head back out to the ARK and the driver's door is locked!  Ugh! I thought I had fixed that! I had secured the passenger door tightly so it wouldn't fly open and well, guess who forgot to get the hide-a-key?   Just gotta pray and figure out how to get in. Well, when we started out, I had cracked open the passenger side window and I remembered that the gal I bought her from had exclaimed that 'Even the screen slides!" when we test drove her back in late June. Hahaha! The brain is working overtime and the spirit is rejoicing! Julie and her male friend hoisted me up and up and I wedged my fat butt through that little window, much to the delight of Millie and Moe who were all over me while Isaac (who is on the engine console) is saying "SIT! STAY!  include here  both wolf whistles and making flatulence noises!)  Oh my gosh! We were laughing so hard! So, this is how it will go? My God has a great sense of humor!

 Now there is a hide-a-key!The door still is locked since I broke the button trying to get it to release but oh well...

- Few people are at the R Ranch since school is back in session and Millie thinks we are now in Dawg Heaven! I could not completely emotionally and spiritally fathom the great blessing it is to start our our voyage in the ARK on this property. Talk about full circle! We slept to the sound of the river babbling past and it was music to my ears. Had some deer come down for the buffet style grass and took a few photos.

Day 2
Got cold in the early dawn, though so I turned on the furnace, which had been working until then and I went back to sleep with it blowing cold air as it wouldn't ignite, thank God. I found out later in the day at an RV repair shop that we could've 'bit the big one', had it lit and we were breathing that stuff. Isaac was still upright so we were OK.

I had a chance to meet Brad and his puppy (Siskiyou) from San Jose. Shared the LORD's love with him and hopefully gave him some encouragement after his heart had broken six years ago when his fiancee passed away suddenly. We talked for a few hours. He wants to 'come home' to the LORD and God has been talking to him about restoring their relationship so we prayed together and I am hoping he'll head to church - He had attended the same church where I took my brother Mark a few years ago! It's a fine place for ministry. Praise God.

We headed to Canyonville and stayed at 7 Feathers Casino RV park and I hit the hot tub by 915 pm and thought I had died and gone to hot tub heaven! It was great and what a lovely RV park! I rarely gamble (unless Patty Anne gives me a ten spot) so I just took the shuttle down to get a bite to eat and look at the men in the Sport's Bar ~  the park is really nice and we slept like logs! I mean 'dogs'....

Day 3, we have landed in Albany, Oregon and all the critters are sacked out and I'm beat. Had a few stops along the way, like one to check to see if I really did accidentally leave the emergency brake on in La Rosa, the 4 runner. Yes, LORD, I am listening. Thank You for the reminder! By the way, the gal at the Blue Ox RV park trained race horses down in Ridgecrest and we talked about how wonderful horses are,,,,,
So, it should be a restful and quiet night. No dancing on tables at casinos or any other such nonsense!

I've given it a great deal of thought about how Noah and his family kept busy with all the animals on the ARK and wonder if they had a motley looking terrier cross (Mighty Moe) for a co-pilot in the passenger seat, Miller the Wonder Dawg who curls up below him and waits for the next rest stop for play time. Kikipeepee, my 18 yr old senior citizen cat who sleeps to the lull of the engine and sway of the ship - Cuatro, my black kitty who found her niche curled up inside the cat box igloo locked in the loo and Isaac D'Byrd who travels well in his little RV cage and makes wolf whistles when we stop for gas or repairs. I ALWAYS have to say "It's not me! "  

So it goes. My focus Scripture of the week: Job 26:7 He hangs the earth on nothing.

On we go. Thanks for prayin'... Wish you were here. We expect to be in Buckley near Seattle at the Scarbrough's tomorrow, LORD willin'... No rush. It takes awhile to get this boat on the road!