The adventure begins

May 22, 2013.            

The adventure with Reno begins! 

We have decided to keep a blog to both document our adventures and memories as well as keep our friends and family updated on this crazy adventure that we have begun! I never would have thought that I would have an RV, let alone live in one! However, I did know that marrying David I would live a life full of adventure and fun!
 

For those who may not know, Reno became a part of our family towards the end of March.  David really wanted to have some sort of project and decided that he would look at RVs... don't ask me why.  After looking at a couple different ones, we found Reno and decided to go for it. Reno is a 30 year old RV and rather Retro looking with its red shag carpet and dark brown paneling.  We got him home and decided it would be fun to fix up a FEW things and use it to take a little longer road trip on our way out to California.
 

Two weeks later, David came to me and asked what I thought of getting rid of most all of our stuff and live in Reno! I sat there silent for a few minutes and then said, sure, why not! Very quickly our quick fixer upper turned into a bigger task. There were ups and definitely downs, but through it all Reno got a face lift and we have a nice cozy: home, uhaul, and automobile! ha 

So, here we are today, leaving the beautiful Golden Colorado on a journey further westward. As I write, we are driving through the rolling greens hills of Wyoming with a backdrop of beautiful blue skies and large, fluffy, white clouds.  Everything seems rather peaceful right now, which I am quite grateful for.

Not all according to plan...
The first hour of our trip, I thought we might have to scratch this whole adventure thing, call our friends and have them pick us up on the side of the road. Before we left, we went to fill up our gas tanks, an easy task right? HA David realized that one of the two tanks was leaking a good amount of fuel. WE prayed for God to do a miracle and stop the leak. After maybe 30 minutes of driving, we decided to check the leak and make sure the tow dolly was holding the tires properly.  As we were pulling into the gas station we heard this awful screeching sound. We looked at each other with the same expression of

"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?"

 

We got out and realized the Rv was smoking and sparking. Oh crap! Apparently the compressor to the AC was shot, shucks. The smoking ceased and the gas tank stopped leaking, and the tires did not move an inch, THANK YOU Jesus! We continued on. 20 more miles down the road I heard a metal clinking sound, looked out my side mirror and saw some metal framing bent and flapping in the wind, crap. David pulled to the side of the road and I pulled the framing off, fortunately, that was only a cosmetic piece of metal.  And we continue on. We have now made if 3 hours stress free! The Lord is good!
 

David's note: (Of course stress free is a relative term. The old dog Reno is doing great, but is still commonly a white knuckle drive every time a semi, a pickup, or even an especially large bird comes by. The whole train, with our Honda in tow, is by far the longest setup I have ever driven. Hopefully by the end of he trip I will have a good handle on it.) 

On our way!

Sorry that was a rather long post, but now everyone is up to date on the story of our adventure.

We are so excited to see what the next chapter of our life looks like. Although we are going to greatly miss Golden and especially our friends and family we had near by, we are expectant that The Lord has just as great of things for the future! 

Thanks for reading!