October 31 -McMinnville, OR , GPS trouble and Adventure Church

October 31, 2013

GPS Trouble!!!

Well our GPS let us down for the first time. It's a fancy Rand-McNally made especially for Motorhomes. It knows our height and length and will only route us on roads that are approriate. We were supposed to be travelling to Mcminnville, OR and ended up being routed about 30 miles out of our way, only to find out that we needed to take a ferry to get where we needed to go. We couldn't convince the GPS that we didn't want the ferry. We finally found out that the ferry could handle our weight, height and width but could only take units that were 60' or shorter. What were we to do with the extra 8 feet? Eventually with two iPhones and a road atlas we found our way back to McMinnville but much later than we hoped. Being late was a much better alternative to backing our MH and trailer up a river hill.

So, I have a funny story:  The kids have been asking what we are doing for Halloween?  So we had this great secret plan to take the kids to an indoor water park at McMinnville, Oregon.  I had a campsite all picked out and the water park was at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum.  I checked out their website and the waterpark was open all looked good, we were going to surprise the kids with a fun night of watersliding!  We go to McMinnville, got checked into our campsite for the night, told the kids to grab their towels and change into swim suits.  Excitement stirred as we drove up to the waterslides, which had a 747 jet plane on the top of the building, which had waterslides coming out of the plane!  

The parking lot was empty, which seemed strange, and as we walked up to the main doors there was a sign stating that the waterpark was closed that day.  The only reason we could think of was it was Halloween so they decided to close?  Well, we were all quite disappointed, so Dad to the rescue began searching for a church who might have a Harvest Party or something else we could do?  

To our great thankfulness and appreciation there was a local church hosting a Harvest Party!  Off we went to Adventure Church for a Harvest Party, no costumes, dressed for swimming, and we had a blast!  We were welcomed, and blessed with supper, games, a fog maze and candy!  Thank you Lord for allowing us once again to take the unexpected and turn it for good. 

A huge highlight to end this day was Genesis doing our bedtime devotion.  She read from the book of Genesis about creation and she used the motorhome lights, flashlights, drawings and her stuffed animals to illustrate the story.  It was amazing!