Duct tape to the rescue!

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  Jerome, Idaho, United States
Thursday, April 3, 2008

The morning of the 2nd day found us all getting ready in the RV in the back of Paul and Debbie's back yard.  I'm always amazed at what consumers we are.  Consumers of water, electricity, gas and a myriad of other things that come along with packaging which ends up as trash.  Even though our showers are extremely short I'm aware of how much water we are using by pushing that button on the control panel that tells me how much water I have left in the fresh water tank and how full the grey and black water tanks are.  Every stop we empty out the garbage can because it's so small.  I guess we would all be conscience consumers at home if we had a little control panel on the wall at home to find out how much water one had left or if we are using too much electricity.  What if the water stop when you used your allocated amount for the day, I guarantee that my showers would not be those half hour steaming hot showers I sometimes take at home?  I'm guilty; I am an American consumer with no thought of the big picture but of only my little world and my only concern is weather I can pay the utility bill. When we visited Nick and Becky, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law in Tanzania a few years back, the electric bill was prepaid at the meter.  When one would use the prepaid amount of electricity, your power would automatically turn off. Not a bad system if you ask me.  I hope when I get back home I don't fall back into my consumer life style.
 
So after getting ready in the RV, the family walked across the street to my Grandmother Edna's house and we had a great little visit.  I took some pictures of the sculptures my grandfather made years ago.  He passed away in 1983 but I have very fond memories of him and I appreciate his craftsmanship in concrete and stucco he used in his retirement years to keep himself busy besides breeding gladiolus.

The Johnsons in Jerome

What I appreciate about him most was his love for the Lord.
 
We left Jerome and traveled through southern Idaho, had lunch in the middle of nowhere and drove on into Wyoming where we had dinner in Wamsetter population 68 according to the sign.  The high desert of Idaho and roughness of Wyoming remind me that beauty comes in many forms.  Temperatures have been below freezing so whenever we stop we have to turn the heater on.  We ended the day boon-docking at our first Wal-Mart in Laramie Wyoming.  Most Wal-Mart's allow you to park overnight in their parking lots but I called ahead and made sure that you didn't have to register with the management and double checked on the area that is allowed for overnighters.
 
Between Rawlins and Laramie we heard a loud pop on the side of the RV.  The wind had been blowing and it blew our awning arm out of the lock position which allowed the awning to blow in the wind.  I immediately stop and went out side and snapped it back into position thinking that we were good to go.  Less than a mile later the same thing happened and I snapped the awning arm back into position again.  I knew I put a roll of duct tape in the side compartment for something.  With a few wraps around the arm it was sure to hold this time.  Thanks duct tape for the rescue.
 
TJ
 
(P.S. Susan will start blogging when she stops driving the RV and TJ gets better!)
 

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.	lunch along side of road southern Idaho	Dinner at Wamsetter, WY	The Johnsons new home
My grandfathers handy work	.	.	.
TJ & Grandmother	Will	at lunch	Our first boon-dock at Walmarts - Laramie, WY

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