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| Sunrise on Goose Lake - A short walk from our place in Sulphur |
April came in like a lion with Easter temps in the low 40’s. Burrrrr. After using the AC in the RV on April 6th we woke up to freezing temps and snow as well as a 4.6 earthquake! Flowers and trees have been budding and blooming for a few weeks now and they must be wondering what is going on. Always expect the unexpected in Oklahoma where nature is concerned. We are surviving our 6th winter in Oklahoma in our motorhome and am yearning for spring temps to kick in and hold on. We had very little in the way of snow, ice or rain this year but we did have several very cold days and nights.
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| Sunset on Lake Arbuckle - A mile down the road from our place |
Until March 2018, we hadn’t heard
from John’s attorney on the legal case that was filed close to a year ago by a
former patient for months. Although this
was a really large blip in our lives when it first came up, it’s now like an
irritating fly buzzing around. Who knows
how long this thing will go on, but we are not going to let this stop us from moving
forward with any plans.
In March we returned to our 2nd home
in Jenks to house and pet sit again for several days while our friend finally
took a fun trip!! We were also at a
point where we could now focus on getting the motorhome windshield replaced and
other maintenance issues done that we had put off for months while several detours occurred in our lives. While in Jenks, we took the RV in to get work started. The first windshield didn’t fit and there was a question of possible structural
issues, but the glass folks insisted it was a bad windshield and they were
right! The second one fit
perfectly. The ice maker than was
repaired and we were finally able to get our ‘home’ back.
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| Sunset on Lake Arbuckle |
The day we picked the RV up we
drove straight to a tire center for an alignment and four new rear tires. Thank goodness we have a tire budget to allow
for replacements every 5 years. They are
expensive! We then parked at the A-AAA
RV Park where we lived for five years just outside Oklahoma City to see friends
and take care of repairing our combo washer/dryer and replacing batteries in
the RV. John and I were able to pull the
washer/dryer out ourselves and get it into the jeep to deliver to a repair place. We’ll stay where we are until that gets
fixed.
Since John gets injections every
4-6 weeks we aren’t going to be able to travel for 2-3 months at a time, so we must
plan our summer trips a bit differently.
We hope to head to Iowa to see Maggie’s son, Chad, as well as friends in
Branson and the Ark in Williamstown, KY. We will then pass through Oklahoma for an
injection and head west to Colorado, New Mexico and meet up with some family in
Albuquerque.
It is such a blessing to have so
many friends and family that keep us in their prayers. God has answered one prayer after another
this past year. He guided us home from
Glacier when John was having health problems and to all the right places for
medical help as well as a very affordable co-pay for extremely expensive
injections. Most recently, while in the
middle of the windshield install, we were encouraged to try to get insurance to
pay and they did – a few thousand dollars!
All thanks to a rock chip.
Insurance wouldn’t cover the original problem, so another prayer answered
by a rock. We still have some hurdles
ahead of us as John changes insurance companies in May for a few months before
going on Medicare next year. We are
praying for doors to open so we can continue to afford the injections and that
the scans will show the injections are doing their job.
Thank you for your prayers and
friendships.
