{"id":3239,"date":"2014-10-09T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T15:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:37:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T15:37:47","slug":"travlin-across-merica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/payton-downing\/2014\/10\/09\/travlin-across-merica\/","title":{"rendered":"Travlin&#8217; across &#8216;Merica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3254\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-09-10-15.20.55-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"2014-09-10 15.20.55\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/>Our drive from MI to CA was daunting to say the least. I myself have never made the complete journey. I remember my dad driving our moving truck out there with a friend back in 1990 and probably in 1995 when we returned to MI after seminary was over. But, golly gee, it&#8217;s not very fun to be trapped in the car for that long.<\/p>\n<p>We survived because of people&#8230;and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/series\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Lab<\/a> podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Dan &amp; Brenda made us cookie bars. The Pryors fed and housed us while in MO (Jr&#8217;s face is blurry in the pic on purpose since he&#8217;s their foster son, but he was smiling really big&#8230;). The Zietlow&#8217;s stored our trailer until we could pick it up in CO. Nan housed and fed us the world&#8217;s most delicious omelet in CO. Payton&#8217;s parents found us a hotel in AZ. Payton&#8217;s dad bought us dinner when we finally made it to Fresno. We still had 2 hours to go, but boy was it nice not to be stuck in the car for a while!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3249\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_6055-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6055\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3250\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_6078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6078\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>What made this trip interesting is that we were suffering from some variation of the revenge of DelTaco for most of the trip, or some other &#8220;enjoyable&#8221; virus.<\/p>\n<p>We did catch the end of an REI garage sale on our way out of Colorado Springs. It felt like old times again, except that it wasn&#8217;t 6am.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3251\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_6079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6079\" width=\"544\" height=\"408\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3252\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_6082-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6082\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>We spent quite a few days unpacking and narrowing down our possessions again. We&#8217;re not trying to be &#8220;holy&#8221; or something, we just hate dragging stuff around the country. Although I did keep my favorite mug, which I dug out immediately when we arrive. Plus, we&#8217;re only allowed to take two totes to Asia Pacific anyway, and Lord-willing there will be a baby in our near future (it could be tomorrow for all we know) and we might need room for car seat while traveling.<\/p>\n<p>Praise God we made it safe and sound. If you prayed for us, thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our drive from MI to CA was daunting to say the least. I myself have never made the complete journey. I remember my dad driving our moving truck out there with a friend back in 1990 and probably in 1995 when we returned to MI after seminary was over. 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