Oklahoma City

July 16, 2008

Today, with a wistful glance, we headed out of Durango, Colorado heading southeast towards I-40. The trip today was about 560 miles and we were exhausted at the end. We found the KOA with no difficulty, got checked in and set up the coach. Afterwards, we headed for the swimming pool for almost an hour.

The owner uses saltwater in his pool. There was no chlorine taste or smell. We both felt very refreshed when we got out and rejeuvenated. I'm going to have to check on this to see if we could do this with the hot tub and what's involved.

We have praised the Lord very day for a safe trip, but today we have a special reason to praise Him. Just west of Oklahoma City, after driving about 8 and 1/2 hours, I saw an orange pickup truck run off the road coming in the opposite direction. He was running through the grassy median and headed right for us. As if in slow motion, I watched him fight for contol of the truck and to try to keep from coming back on the road in our lane. It was only the Lord that steered the truck along the grass and past us as I continued forward. I looked in my mirrors immediatly after and saw one vehicle in the grassy median and a large cloud of dust on the right side of the road in a gully. I can only assume that he came across our lane right behind us and went on across our lane into the gulley. None of this was in my hands, nor could I have done anything to prevent an accident. We are so very blessed and thankful to our God.

When we went online this evening, we had a second blessing for the day. One of the men who had gone on the white water rafting trip with us, Mark Lewis, sent us an Email and shared a number of pictures he took on the trip. We have downloaded several to include with today's Blog. We have sent Mark an Email thanking him and asking for other of the pictures as he is willing to share.

Tomorrow we head for West Memphis, Arkansas. Our trip is all east at this point and it feels as if we are heading back to Manassas. Several times today, I had to remind myself that we still have almost 2 weeks of this Excellent Adventure ahead of us.

Since Excellent Adventure III was given a nickname, The Recovery Tour, we have decided that this trip also needs a nickname. We have called this our Rocks, Rapids and Railroad Tour.