THE UNEXPECTED

After 3 months in Oklahoma watching baseball, basketball and gymnastics, celebrating a birthday and Thanksgiving, visiting with extended family, performing taxi and babysitting services, we headed back to Longview in December.  Little did we know what was ahead. 

Our plans were to take care of appointments and other matters while in Longview before heading toward Phoenix and an RV Rally. Well........that didn't happen. 

After seeing several doctors and some additional tests, it was determined that David needed heart bypass surgery. The surgery, rehab and his recovery have all gone very well. Think he is now better than new. Because of this, we felt it would be pushing his recovery to make the Phoenix trip so we postponed it for now.

This was definitely the unexpected.  We had no idea that David would require surgery. We had plans.......... but God had other plans. We are so thankful that things worked out the way that they did. We were able to get back to Longview where our family and friends were there to help us.  Not only is David in good health now, but we were able to take care of some things that needed attention.

We were able to fix the "Big Boy" slide on the RV. For you that don't know, that's the entire driver's side slide out. It started as a small problem then progressed to not pulling in or closing up at all. After much taking apart, jacking up, ordering parts, replacing motor and rails and putting everything back together, it works like a dream. Thanks to Larry and Dennis for all their hard work. 
The down time in Longview allowed David to resurrect an old hobby of his, Ham Radio.

He had obtained his license in the 70s and had kept it current, although he had been off the air for many years. He recently purchased a radio and antenna that could be easily setup as we travel around. He has made contact with amateur radio operators around the world including Puerto Rico, Germany, Lithuania, Guatemala, Portugal, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Bahamas, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. It's amazing who you can talk to on a small  radio with a wire antenna hanging from a tree or pole.

We are so thankful that the Quinn RV Park has covered parking so that we easily survived the rain, ice, snow, more snow, more rain and even more rain that has been the

weather of late. We did, however, have to wade to the door on some occasions. We definitely want sun.

To us, all of this was unexpected, but God knew all along what was going to happen. He wasn't surprised, He was in control and we thank him for it.