On the ROAD day 13

Oh a difference a day makes!

Sunrise in Lake Tahoe, CA on the Mighty Toyota

You can see by the top picture that day 13 proved to be a day that took it's toll....so to speak. I drove 650 miles from south of Salt Lake City, UT to South Lake Tahoe, CA with the Mighty Toyota fairing the best. We lost our headwinds and it actually got close to 20 mpg in some stretches of the long highway across Nevada (I think the fuel injectors experienced a healing). Darcie, on the other hand, needs a healing..........she came down with a severe head cold with high fever and spent most of day 13 right in the over the cab bed (first picture)..........please pray for her today as we head down to Sacramento......she was supposed to speak tonight but unless we see another miracle healing I don't think that's going to happen. I will go and take her place but the poor group of people will lose out.

Now.....as for me......you can see by the top photo that it was a 3 cup day with the strong coffee. We pulled into Lake Tahoe at 6:00 PM and I hooked up the Mighty Toyota, cooked dinner, ate dinner, checked my e-mail on the Windstream website (pray for my computer as on day 13 my Microsoft Outlook experienced a problem and will not open now.......it needs a healing).......and joined Darcie on the over the cab bed at 9:00 PM. I slept all the way through to 7:00 AM when Juan Valdez, and his donkey, beckoned me to rise and partake.

Be back later.......

Tim & Darcie

On the ROAD day 12

Food Network Streaming
Food Network Observing

Nice Campsite with beautiful view of Utah peaks

Well, we drove the 360 miles from Laramie, WY to Heber City, Utah in pretty good time.......it's much warmer but still haven't got Darcie out of the RV.

Food Network Observer just put some grub on the table so will sign off for tonight. Keep us in your prayers tomorrow as we have a 650 mile drive to South Lake Tahoe, CA.........we may decide to stop early........somewhere in Nevada.........maybe.

Blessings...............Tim & Darcie

On the ROAD days 10 & 11

Hmmmmmm..........
Hmmmmmm..........

As Dorthy would say;

"We ain't in Kansas anymore!"

Days 10 & 11 were major travel days.......left Buffalo, NY early in the morning flying to Kansas City, MO........driving the mighty Toyota through rain & 30 mph head winds to Johnson Lake State Park in Elwood, NE........getting into campsite at 8:30 PM where we quickly hooked up the electricity (between rain drops) and went to bed. We woke to 40 mph winds rockin the old RV, drank some coffee, ate breakfast & took off again for a supposedly 6 hour trip to Laramie, WY.........yeah right. The 6 hour trip turned into a 9 hour trip with the Mighty Toyota blasting its way through those 40 mph headwinds and climbing about 5000 feet in altitude. The last picture (above) is at the summit of 8500 feet where Darcie said "get a picture".........you'll notice in the 2nd picture above where she was during the picture........in fact.......she hasn't gotten out of the RV since the Pony Express office in NE at about 11:00 AM........yesterday.....We then proceeded to the KOA in Laramie......got our campsite.......opened the door of the Mighty Toyota........snow blowing sideways all over me as I hooked up the electric (first picture above).

We awoke this morning at 3 AM with the same 40 mph wind rockin the RV (at least the snow has stopped) and an interior temperature of 64 degrees.......however the temp in the compartment where the water pipes are was a balmy 24 degrees.....so needless to say the toilet would not flush until I opened up the bottom compartment doors and blew some of that 64 degree air inside. I decided to get up at 4:30 again and make the coffee..........right in the middle of the brewing the circuit breaker tripped so I had to turn off the heater until the coffee was done (priorities ya know).

We are hoping to take off today around 9:00 AM for our supposedly 6 hour trip to Salt Lake City.......yeah right........as far as I can tell we still have that 40mph headwind that now will be swirling around through the canyons.

Keep us in your prayers as we "HEAD WEST".

Will try to update tonight if we arrive early enough.

On the ROAD day 9

I know that I missed a day yesterday but the conference in Lima, NY kept us both very busy with many things going on all day and evening. It was a wonderful conference with about 700 people in attendance and a chance for Darcie and I to reconnect with some old friends we had met over the years of traveling.

We are in Conesus, NY this morning and will be in Marion, NY this evening. This is a cute little (OLD) church in a cute little (OLD) town around the Finger Lakes of NY. We will be driving to Buffalo after this evening's service as we have an early flight back to Kansas City, MO to resume our travels WEST. It looks like we will be hitting some very cold weather around Laramie, WY (19 degrees) so we will see how insulated the mighty Toyota Minnie Winnie is. If we freeze to death in the middle of the night I hear that's a pretty decent way to go!

I will try to send the next update from somewhere in Nebraska tomorrow afternoon or evening.

Blessings.................Tim & Darcie

On the ROAD stinkin cold day 7

OK..........maybe not that cold...........
We are in Rochester, NY where it is 40 degrees with a 10 MPH wind blowing a light rain on these Florida bodies........Darcie is speaking at Roberts Wesleyan University this morning and then we will head down to the VOM Conference site to get things set up for tomorrow. It's forcasted that tomorrow will be warmer so we are hoping for a great turnout.

Darcie speaks once tomorrow and twice on Sunday in 2 different churches. We have to drive back to Buffalo after the evening meeting as we have an early flight on Monday back to Kansas City, MO to return to our "journey" to California.

Thanks again for the prayers while "on the ROAD"

Blessings..............Tim & Darcie

On the ROAD day 6

Well..................at least I changed the picture. We have had such a great time in MO that we failed to take any "updated" pictures of our abode. We are currently in the Kansas City airport waiting on our flight to Buffalo, NY for the VOM conference this weekend. I suppose we could have gotten a picture of that but airport pictures are so boring.

We again want to thank each of you for your prayers for us along the way.........we have really experienced His grace and mercy along the way......so far.

Plane is almost here so will sign off for today.......

Blessings............Tim & Darcie

On the ROAD day 5

I just realized that I probably need to have an updated picture for day 6........the blogger and the RV look a bit more used and abused than on day 1! It was a cool 48 degrees in the RV this morning so I am very glad the heater was tested before we left..........it worked great. We have checked the weather forecast across the country for the upcoming week and next Tuesday night in Laramie, WY is supposed to be down to 18 degrees.............hmmmmmm.

This is our work day with trying to work up a schedule for the upcoming 3 months of 2011.......doing laundry.........Etc. We have had a wonderful time with friends in Webb City and are looking forward to the next few days in New York for the VOM regional conference on Saturday and some extra speaking on Friday & Sunday. We will be driving the mighty Toyota to Kansas City, MO and flying to NY. tomorrow morning.....early. Thursday and next Monday will be travel days so the updates will probably be small..........but will try to give any interesting "encounters" we may have along the way.

Thanks for praying us along............blessings................Tim & Darcie

On the ROAD day 4

Sorry I missed day 3...........we drove from Tupelo, MS to Webb City, MO and met up with some old friends that we will be staying with for a couple of days. The mighty Toyota is perkin right along with no problems other than a slight leak in a roof vent during a pretty heavy rain storm last night.

I have a bunch of paperwork to do today so this will be short and sweet.

Bye for now..............Tim & Darcie

From the ROAD day 2

Well...........we are settled in for the night in Tombigee State Park, Mississippi. I guess it's pretty here but we got in after dark so we will have to wait until morning to see.

It was rather an uneventful day with 410 miles of driving and little else going on. Tomorrow is a 463 mile drive to Webb, MO where we are going to connect up with some old friends from our Flagstaff, AZ days.

Thanks for the prayers........the mighty Toyota is chugging along just fine with only a few clanks and clunks coming from somewhere underneath.............we just turn the radio up a little louder and they disappear.

Blessings..................Tim & Darcie

From the ROAD

Well........almost from the road! I am actually in the carport at 6:30 AM testing out this first road report.........Darcie is still sleeping. I am also testing out the heater.......it's a cool 49 degrees here this morning and since we are driving the northern route to California I thought it might be a good idea to test it here rather than freeze to death somewhere in Wyoming. It seems to work OK.....praise the Lord.

We hope to leave around 9:00 AM for our first stop in Fitzgerald, GA to spend the night with some dear friends that we have known for over 30 years..........since our Bible school days in Phoenix.

Thanks for praying us "onward"!

Blessings.............Tim & Darcie