One, traveling. I absolutely love it. Don't make excuses. Go do it!
Two, preserving the stories of our history. Yes, names and genealogy are great! (My mom has done some excellent research in this area) But it's neat to have stories to go with the names.
So I'm thinking I may blog for a while about some family stories that I remember.
Back when I was just 19 years old, Larry and I moved from Texas to Seattle. We had only been married a year. I had never lived anywhere else but Texas. Now just imagine, this was back before cell phones and the internet. We had no idea what it would be like to live in Seattle. There was no way to research housing and apartment prices, costs of living, best areas to live in etc. We just packed up everything we had and loaded it into a small u haul trailer and headed out west.
Our little Nissan pulling the U-haul didn't even make it to Amarillo before the car overheated. We stopped for the night and in the morning it was cool enough to travel some more. We got into the middle of nowhere Colorado when our car finally said..nope can't do it anymore and it died. I sat there and cried and cried. Remember, no cell phones. We hadn't even made it half way to our destination yet. I was leaving behind everything and we were stuck in the middle of nowhere! Well, after some prayer and Larry's quick thinking, we flagged down a pick up truck going the same direction and asked him to hook our trailer onto his truck and we would follow him into town. With the extra weight off our vehicle, it started right up and off we went! I said to Larry, "Did you get their names?" Nope. They had all our worldly possessions and could have just taken off with them but thank the Lord they didn't. They pulled our trailer into town. Larry had some friend in town who "happened" to be wanting to sell their pick up truck. We needed a pick up truck! We swapped vehicles! Perfect!
We got to see Yellowstone, Montana, Idaho. Absolutely gorgeous country! Amazing to see!
We made it to Seattle, found a hotel to stay in and the next day Larry went off to start his new job. Here I am, 19 years old, never been this far away from home and Larry sends me out to find a home for us. Now back in Texas, we had been paying $175 for a small home that we rented. I had no idea the costs of apartments in Seattle. We hadn't been able to research and find out. Well, I was in for a shock! They were very expensive! I was finally able to settle on an apartment for $500 a month (which today would be a bargain there!)
We got settled in and it was just the beginning of a lot of adventures for us. We made friends there, found a great church, saw lots of sights, drew closer to each other, closer to the Lord.
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