In your face TV, literally!

We're safely cozied in at an Iowa Wal-mart after a very exciting day on the road. I'm tellin' ya, the adrenalin was pumping, not just once, but twice as we had two eye poppers.

Before I get to the details, let me just say that both Richard and I have a long history on the road as truck drivers (we owned trucks, and also drove for other folks at times) and he has also driven buses for years, but we have different styles, especially when it comes to driving the motorhome. He drives it like a truck or bus, whereas I drive it slower and more gently. This is MY HOUSE! I drive it tenderly... and sometimes I remind my sweet man that he isn't doing that. I do try to be tactful, but really should keep my mouth shut. Well, today's adventures proved each of our points.

Some of the roads in Missouri are a tad rough, and Richard was driving (in my opinion) a tad fast. All of a sudden we hit a really bad spot in the road and the TV, which was mounted in an open cabinet above the driver, came flying out of its place right in my honey's face! Picture this: 60 mph down the freeway, a curve, a vehicle on each side of us and the TV flies out at him... and like a Hollywood stunt man, Richard dashes out and catches that television in his right hand! He never swerved a lick as he swung it on down to the floor and kept right on driving as if nothing had happened. Then he turned and gave me his best smart aleck grin.

A little while later, we had to make a panic stop to avoid hitting a car cutting across our lane. Thank YHVH for, our new brakes. As Richard stood the rig on its nose, a ceramic lid came rolling up to the driver's area. It had come all the way from the back of our 40 foot coach... In shock I looked back to see the contents of my "dresser box" where I put things that sit out when we're parked, scattered all up the hall. Our spare change, the phone charger, alarm clock, etc. It was as if a drug-crazed madman had pitched a fit and thrown our stuff up to 20 or more feet away. Everything in the coach that was not properly stowed had been flung forward. What a lesson that was! You guessed right, I reorganized the coach big time, thanking God the whole time that we had gotten stopped and not one thing was broken.

Refrigerator notes: The frig is not cooling at all now, but the freezer seems to work fine. We think there must be a problem with the thermostat in the frig and will research that after we are rested up from our big day today. Meanwhile, we are using our icemaker to make and fill large baggies of ice for the frig. I do love the icemaker, a big unit separate from the frig that puts out buckets of ice pronto.

We tried to watch the Beit Yisrael Shabbat service but could not keep a signal on our Mifi. Again, we held our own service here in the coach... not the same, but still a blessing. It was a good day and we were certainly reminded of our Father's care. We live a blessed life!