We Finally Arrived at

Woke this morning to beautiful sunshine

and cold weather...like 16' outside.

And we readied the motor home 

inside and out, did two loads of clothes,

Posted this on Facebook about  10:30 this morning:  

Feeling a bit anxious while doing the final stuff to get on the road

..laundry, stowing etc...and so I opened my devotional and this is what it had to say:

Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.

There had never been such a day before, there has never been another since, 

when the Lord stopped the sun and moon ~ 

all because of the prayer of one man! Joshua 10:14

So I ask in Jesus name...

calm my anxiety, give me peace as I do the things I need to do 

and trust in You to bring all things good to the glory of your name. Amen.

and then I gathered my plants from the office at BVC

and then got ready to head out.

Gave thanks that the motor home started right up

BUT

the motor home wouldn't go,

nope, wasn't moving an inch,

Ron and I chatted..asking now what??

I said "I Quit!

and got in the Explorer

(remember it was below freezing out there)

and opened my hands and said 

"Lord, I take my hands off of it"

yes I shouldn't have said I quit

but one can only handle so much frustration.

And while I was sitting there,

Ron started moving in the motor home.

I started crying and said "thank you Jesus"

and followed him.

Called him on the phone when he got to the exit

and said Stop...you are dragging something.

I got out and checked, the cord to plug in the lights to 

our tow vehicle was dragging on the ground.

I wrapped it around the tow bar

and off we went!!!

We both realized the transmission fluid had to warm up to 

get moving so the motor home would move...duh!

Left the campground at 11:08 this morning

and pulled into the driveway at

GUMI

at 12:43...had to drive a bit

slower as the motor home does not like hills,

never has and probably never will.

This is where we want to back the motor home in...

the building is our little A-frame barn.

This is the first stop of the motor home,

not good,   Ron pulled in and then started backing up

but with muddy, soft ground 

things did not go well.

So we did what any American couple 

would do, we jumped in our Explorer

and drove into Cedar Creek (4 miles)

and ate pizza for lunch

and got to chat with some new friends,

bought some transmission fluid

because Ron thought it might be low 

and maybe that was why it would not go into reverse.

We came back to GUMI

ran the rig, added transmission fluid

and 

voila, it started to move

right next to the tractor

so

jump the tractor to get it out of the way

so thankful for the sunshine!

Okie dokie - got the tractor moved, 

the jeep moved 

and the truck out of the way.

and immediately got stuck

so we put down some boards,

got said motor home on the boards

and stuck again

so out comes the trusty truck

(Thank you Tim for having it here :) )

and if you look real close 

out the side window you can see how close the truck got to the cabin

and yes, I Ali, was driving the truck forward and

pulling the motor home

up closer to where it needed to be.

Doesn't that look fun...NOT!

And then we got it in place,

well at least for the night.

Ron drove the truck out

and I opened the door to the motor home

well things look like they survived the ride 

from Branson to Cedar Creek

Well not everything....

my side of the bed

and Ron's side of the bed

And remember how close we were to the corner of the cabin

not any more !!!

And Ron got the steps out and in place

And I got the coffee maker ready to go,

doesn't my Christmas cactus look nice...

just have to find the right spot for it,

here we can't open the k-cup drawer

And just putting a few things out

my plant from the ladies at Forever Friends on the corner

and my bamboo from Sherry & Curt Sevage

(it has to move too because I can't get the plates out of the cupboard :( )

And that folks is how far we got today

We are at GUMI

thank you all for your prayers and ecnouragement

as we worked our way

and made our way out here.

Tomorrow the plan is to move the motor home

over about 4' and back about 5'

and get her level!!!

And then the real work will begin

...fixing the cows fence

and planning

and building 

and getting 

GUMI Camp USA

ready for our grand opening 

Memorial Day Weekend.

Stay tuned!!

for our journey we call

Life!!!

And remember

there is never a dull moment when we are around!!!