Travel Problems, Tested Patience, and True Providence

Hello family, friends, and possible strangers. This is Morgan, writing to you all this fine evening, while Josh relaxes. Today, and, indeed, the last few days, have been what I like to call “sitcom worthy”. At several points, I stopped, and literally thought, “I could be in a sitcom”.  These moments culminated today in a five hour flurry that only just ended an hour and a half ago, so while it is still fresh in my mind, I will attempt to write it all down.

Event: Electrical issue.

     As of yesterday, our dashboard stopped working. The speedometer and odometer work, but the tank gauge, coolant gauge, and blinkers won’t work. In addition, we see a “Charge” light come on with a battery symbol. This apparently means that our battery is being discharged because the alternator is not working in some way or another. We planned on seeing a mechanic on Monday, because everything was closed on Sundays.

     So, today, while driving down the freeway up to Dallas, our little Sunrader stopped working.

     We discovered many wonderful things today:

1.  AAA is awesome. They got a tow truck out to us within half an hour, who took us the mechanic.
2. Tow truck drivers are very nice, and Josh is very personable.
3. New alternators are expensive, but God is good.
4. Mechanics are also very nice.
5. Our dogs do great riding in random people’s cars, and sitting in mechanic shop offices.
6. Temperatures in Waco are wonderful for walking in, even when we walk a mile to a Walmart to pull out cash to pay for a ride.
7. There are many fine hotels in Waco, TX, and a few even take dogs.
8. All of said pet friendly hotels, within walking distance, were doing so well that they had no vacancies.
9. The single taxi service in Waco apparently keeps their taxis so clean that they, under no circumstances, can take dogs in their car.
10. AAA is incredibly awesome, and spent over an hour on the phone with Josh to try to find someone to drive us a pet friendly hotel, La Quinta, that was eight miles away.
11. Josh is incredibly patient, and he went up to several people, explained our situation in brief, and asked for a ride for us.
12. Rocket scientists are also very nice, and trusting, and one of them offered a ride to us and our dogs.
13. Papa John’s delivers to La Quinta, and thus, after our very long day, we were able to order pizza, and relax in a room with our dogs.

So, here we are, in a very comfortable hotel room, writing down our moments, able to laugh despite the rocky path that this day has been.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week, and wishing my little sister a very Happy Birthday!