Splash!!

After a couple days of free fall we splashed down into our first day!  My steering wheel is a little skinnier from squeezing it so tight.  It took much longer than we expected.  We used a lot of diesel.  But we made it to our first stop (just an overnight) and set up our house.  And get this, NO PROBLEMS!!  God is good.

It was a hectic morning trying to get ready.  After hitching up we gave the Ryplewskis a big hug and rolled away.  We could NOT have done this without Eric  and Alyssa’s kindness, generosity, experience, tools, watchful eyes, lessons and prayers.  We stopped in Colorado Springs to say goodbye to Baba and Zedo (Huck’s parents…that is Slovak for grandma and grandpa).  Then we stopped in Pueblo for a bite to eat and Ava played with the big boys…

Yeah, I’m over the line but it was my first solo back in job and the dude in the truck on Ava’s right said “no problem, yer fine”.  But just as we were getting in the truck to leave a trucker shoe horned himself into the little space I left….I think he was either showing off or teaching me a lesson for playing with the big boys.

We were passing passenger vehicles on Raton pass…bogged down the last couple miles where it gets steep and I got behind a slow moving semi.  And we rolled into our destination in the dark (not ideal for our first time setting up by ourselves).  But we did it!  One day down, 159 more days of adventure still to enjoy.