Spent the last few days resting & regrouping. Stayed at Mountain Shadows RV park for a week. It was a nice campground, a little crowded, but quiet and clean. We got our laundry done, spent some time planning the next leg of our trip over to California, and most importantly worked on getting a new generator. After a lot of going back & forth with Wen (the generator company), turns out the thing is no longer under warranty. So we went to Lowe’s and bought a Honda 2200i, but it wouldn’t run our A/C. So, then we ran over to Harbor Freight and literally got there 5 minutes before they closed. But the nice guy there sold us an open box Predator 3500 generator for the price of one of their 2200’s and threw in a 20% discount on top of that! Which was a super blessing! Thank you, Jesus!
However, since it was a used generator we had to change out the oil, which took a lot of time. But, once everything was said & done it worked great! We “Wallydocked” (stayed in a Walmart parking lot) last night and the generator ran our A/C all night as well as our fridge, and we were even able to run the hairdryer all at the same time!
There are so many things we take for granted when we live in regular homes... water, electricity, the security of having a place to stay. All of these things are not a given when you live this lifestyle. Which may turn a lot of people away, but for me it’s a reminder that we depend on God’s blessings and provision every day for everything and it makes me more grateful for the little things. It’s definitely a learning curve! But, God is using it to help me learn to let go and trust Him more. If you know me, you know what a worrier I can be. For a long time I have been praying for God to help me change that about myself and have my faith in Him be greater than all my fears. God has used a lot of things in these past few years to grow my faith and this is definitely one of them!
Lastly, got our IN-N-OUT burger fix! Jimbo had never tried it. I had a “double-double with cheese, protein style, animal style” (wrapped in lettuce and patty cooked with mustard, plus pickles, chopped grilled onions and their famous sauce). It was so messy and so good! But, I was in a food coma for the rest of the day. By the way, did you know that IN-N-OUT has Bible verses printed on the bottom of their cups and frenchfry trays? I learned that it was the founder’s brother & daughter that started it as a way to share their faith. On the bottom of the cups is John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that no one would perish, but have everlasting life.” And Nahum 1:7 is on the fry tray; “The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him.”