Belated GM
Had a big deer run out in front of us on the first stretch of driving home from the northeast US back to Texas. Currently stuck in northern Pennsylvania..
But found the perfect people to help us after walking to the closest town this morning. We had to “sleep” on the side of a major highway in 20 something degree weather- shook by semi-trucks all night, so not great Bob 😆
Say some prayers for us 🙏
Enjoy your day (and your fully functional vehicles ;)
Sorry about your van! Prayers 🙏
Wow. Glad everyone is okay!
Damn man, I'm kind of terrified of hitting a deer, they're everywhere out here. Apparently it's even worse in Pennsylvania. I love them, hut when I'm driving I'm on edge if they're around.
There were two on the side of the highway within a half mile of where we hit the 3rd.
Made me sad, but that thing seemed to have a death wish. The rut season tends to lead them to "think" with parts other than their brains I reckon
So scary. I am glad it wasn’t worse! I hope today improves for everyone
Quick update:
The people in rural america always seem to be the salt of the earth, and God always sends me to the right ones anytime I get in a jam.
They're letting us crash in their garage, and finishing up work on the van tomorrow. It needs a LOT
Gonna be a cold one tonight as well (but not in the garage:)- and all of us have some sleep to catch up on!
GN nostr frens
Last thing.. I appreciated these suggestions on the wall of the shop 
Wow, what a wild turn of events. Hope you guys are back on the road and all is good now. What a great example of hospitality too. Such a good reminder of how many good people there are out there. And that sign is beautiful! Can already tell they are highly likely to be some real deal Christians
We made it out of the mountains where we hit the deer on tuesday, drove by day without an engine fan or headlight to State College to get the fan at a dealership (installed it in their parking lot), then did the same for the whole headlight we had ordered in Altoona
The turbo went out chugging up the hills of western Maryland and WV so we were on the struggle bus til we stayed with some bitcoiner friends in Kentucky on weds. The landacape flattened out so we hit it hard and long on the main interstates on thursday and Friday (which we rarely take since backroads are much more fun) to make it home before Friday night.
Everyone was so stoked to be home- the kids threw together some makeshift Halloween costumes and visited a few neighbors. We all worked the farmers market yesterday and I finally got about 12 hours of sleep last night (grateful for the time change lol)
Been a whirlwind but its a friendly reminder that we're always in God's hands. Was an epic trip!
