Where Do I begin?

Today has been out of control! First our alarm didn't go off, so we started off an hour behind our schedule (Really it's Michele's schedule, I've never made a schedule before). About an into our trek, I found a Starbucks and I ordered a Red Eye (Coffee w/3 shots of espresso). This pretty much made my morning right. We then crossed the border into Iowa and then into Nebraska. Take note: Nebraska is very wide. We had allotted most of today to get through it, but we're still here (I'll get to that soon). Anyway, we stopped for gas and right next to the gas station was a state park called Mormon Island. I guess the Mormon's stayed the winter there on their way to Salt Lake. This place was awesome. It had a lake that the dogs got to swim in and Nate ran around and spent some energy. I also got a voicemail from a job I applied for wanting to set up an interview, but I couldn't call them back because I had no signal.



We continued on our journey and when we were about one hour to the border of Wyoming (We'd been driving abount 11 hours)I noticed one of the straps on the trailer was loose. I stopped to tighten it when I noticed a smell. I looked under the car and transmission fluid was pouring out. Now, I still had no signal and no way of getting help, so we continued to drive...slow. We came to a town about 10 miles down the road that has an awesome auto garage. They checked it out right away and told us it just over heated and in turn vented out some of the fluid. They said pulling the trailer up hill against the wind (I mean it's windy here, all the time) is like driving the car 110 miles an hour with a trailer. The recommended flushing the trany, which I thought was probably a good idea. The garage aranged a hotel for us in town. The town is called Sydney Nebraska, our hotel is owned by Cabella's (If you don't know what Cabella's is, it's a guys dream store) and directly next door is the original Cabella's and its corporate offices. So, now I know that this is totally from the Lord!

So, we decide to make the best of it and we go to dinner at a nice resturant next to the hotel. Nate ends up throwing a fit because it's way past bed time. We decided to leave early and postpone our trip to Cabella's until the morning. When we walked up to the hotel, Lucy came running to us. Now, keep in mind, the dogs are suppose to be in our room which is inside down the hall. We forgot that Lucy learned how to open doors with handles when we lived in Germany (That was over 4 years ago). She managed to pull the door open, slip out while leaving Cooper in the room and then go down the hall and get out the front door. And then after all that she came running around the corner when we were coming back. Crazy!



Anyway, that's about it. That's enough for us for one day.

Peace,

Harold