January 15, 2007 UPDATE
As many of you know, we left Girard, PA on January 1, 2007. Our first day got us to a church camp in Romance, WV where we stay each year. It is quiet and overlooks a beautiful lake. We have even used our photo in our Sunday Program at church.
We then continued to visit a friend in Spartanburg, SC and had a most enjoyable visit and the next day camped in Pine Mountain, GA. Home of Callaway Gardens and FDR’s Little White House.
We have an extra “rider” with us this year – his name is “Flat Taylor”. There is a story called “Flat Stanley” written by Jeff Brown. In the story, a bulletin board fell on Stanley as he slept and he became ½” thick! He wanted to go on a trip, so his family folded him up and mailed him in an envelope to California. One of our little boys (Taylor) in our church is participating in this “trip” but didn’t quite know where to send him. His sister, Hannah, was with their grandma Doris and they were discussing where to send Flat Taylor. You have to know Hannah – she is a very intelligent and energetic child of 5 years old and she very confidentially said that Mr. & Mrs. Davis were going on a mission trip so Flat Taylor should go with them…hence, “Flat Taylor” is traveling with us to points south and MS. I was excited to bring him along and show him all the places we are going…it is also an educational experience for the Grandview Elementary School children as they read of his adventures…and he has had a few!
On January 4th we arrived in Columbus, GA and celebrated Russian Christmas with my family. There were 21 family members in attendance. The only one missing was my sister and her family that live in Girard. She had chemo scheduled and could not make it. President Bush was coming to Ft. Benning, GA (only about 10 miles away from us) after we departed for Naples, FL.
Here we visited Dixie & Rae Atwell, friends of ours from church. They showed us a good time, we played “hearts” and celebrated a “big” birthday with her.
Leaving Naples on Saturday morning, we saw an accident. Apparently, we ran over some debris and had a blow out. In FL they have Road Warriors who stay with a vehicle in trouble…what a relief. She waited until our roadside assistance came, followed us to the garage and bid us farewell. What a great assistance to have. We had our spare put on, bought a new tire and went over to my brother’s home to repair it. Ken and George (brother) fixed it. We were surprised it was not as damaged as it could have been. The side panel was ripped off when the tire blew out, we lost a mud flap, the metal had been bent back and there were lots of wires hanging loose. We were fortunate that it didn’t damage our water heater or floor of the motor home…which sometime happens. Fortunately, I build into our trip a few days of doing nothing in the event we have any problems on the road.
Today, Sunday, January 14, 2007 we are camped at Hanna State Park in Jacksonville, FL visiting with our son, Tim for a couple of days. On Thursday, we take a 4-day cruise to the Bahamas before we head to MS to begin our mission work.
I will try to post a new message each Sunday – so watch for updates weekly (except this next Sunday since we will be “at sea”).
Have a great week and if any of my cherubs are reading this --- I MISS YOU!!!!!!
(and everyone else at home)
julie & ken
We then continued to visit a friend in Spartanburg, SC and had a most enjoyable visit and the next day camped in Pine Mountain, GA. Home of Callaway Gardens and FDR’s Little White House.
We have an extra “rider” with us this year – his name is “Flat Taylor”. There is a story called “Flat Stanley” written by Jeff Brown. In the story, a bulletin board fell on Stanley as he slept and he became ½” thick! He wanted to go on a trip, so his family folded him up and mailed him in an envelope to California. One of our little boys (Taylor) in our church is participating in this “trip” but didn’t quite know where to send him. His sister, Hannah, was with their grandma Doris and they were discussing where to send Flat Taylor. You have to know Hannah – she is a very intelligent and energetic child of 5 years old and she very confidentially said that Mr. & Mrs. Davis were going on a mission trip so Flat Taylor should go with them…hence, “Flat Taylor” is traveling with us to points south and MS. I was excited to bring him along and show him all the places we are going…it is also an educational experience for the Grandview Elementary School children as they read of his adventures…and he has had a few!
On January 4th we arrived in Columbus, GA and celebrated Russian Christmas with my family. There were 21 family members in attendance. The only one missing was my sister and her family that live in Girard. She had chemo scheduled and could not make it. President Bush was coming to Ft. Benning, GA (only about 10 miles away from us) after we departed for Naples, FL.
Here we visited Dixie & Rae Atwell, friends of ours from church. They showed us a good time, we played “hearts” and celebrated a “big” birthday with her.
Leaving Naples on Saturday morning, we saw an accident. Apparently, we ran over some debris and had a blow out. In FL they have Road Warriors who stay with a vehicle in trouble…what a relief. She waited until our roadside assistance came, followed us to the garage and bid us farewell. What a great assistance to have. We had our spare put on, bought a new tire and went over to my brother’s home to repair it. Ken and George (brother) fixed it. We were surprised it was not as damaged as it could have been. The side panel was ripped off when the tire blew out, we lost a mud flap, the metal had been bent back and there were lots of wires hanging loose. We were fortunate that it didn’t damage our water heater or floor of the motor home…which sometime happens. Fortunately, I build into our trip a few days of doing nothing in the event we have any problems on the road.
Today, Sunday, January 14, 2007 we are camped at Hanna State Park in Jacksonville, FL visiting with our son, Tim for a couple of days. On Thursday, we take a 4-day cruise to the Bahamas before we head to MS to begin our mission work.
I will try to post a new message each Sunday – so watch for updates weekly (except this next Sunday since we will be “at sea”).
Have a great week and if any of my cherubs are reading this --- I MISS YOU!!!!!!
(and everyone else at home)
julie & ken
posted by julie and ken at 7:46 AM
1 Comments:
Ken & Julie, We're glad to hear that all is well with the two of you. We sure hope Flat Taylor is behaving! All our love, The real Taylor, Hannah, and mom & dad, Jennifer & Eric.
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