Well heck! We have our first crisis already. Dad just called. He was in the back of a pickup hitch hiking back into Flagstaff! Apparently, when they were 12 miles north of Flagstaff (around Sunset Crater) their truck died. Dad told mom to stay with the truck and trailer while he walked up the road for cell service. While on his little hike he realized that it would be at least 4 miles before he could get cell service so he decided to hitch hike. Arrrgghhh.

He hung up with me when he got to the Chevron station where he intends to call Triple A to haul the truck back home. This doesn’t provide solution for hauling the trailer back though so Daniel and Brooke may be on their way up north to help.

Please pray for mom. She will NOT be happy to realize that dad didn’t just “walk up the road”. I have no idea how long it will be before he gets back to her and she is not the type to sit comfortably alone! She could be waiting awhile. The generator is on in the trailer so she should be fine but if anyone stops she will be very scared.

Update: David just called while I was typing this and said that he talked to Dad again and that it might be just the glo plugs (whatever that means). I guess they will haul back to Flagstaff first to see if they can fix from there. Please pray they can. Our family will be heartbroken if this trip gets derailed! THEY REALLY NEED A VACATION!!!!!!!

Note to Family: Mom and I traded cell phones for this trip. This way dad and mom can call me PCS to PCS and they will have two different services while they are gone so they have better/different roaming options. If you want to call them, call Dad’s cell phone.

Update: Dad called at 11:00 and the Lord is swiftly answering prayer. It does appear to be the glo plugs and Dad and Mom are headed into Flagstaff to get heater blocks for the engine to prevent this from happening again. He is also calling his mechanic in Phoenix just to run the idea past him. If all goes well in Flagstaff, they will be off again. All of us were praying like crazy that Sweetie wouldn???t be too scared by herself not knowing where Dad was and she wasn???t. Praise the Lord for all the little things in a day.

Update 3:00: So far so good. They think they will stop in Moab, UT tonight.