Vintage View Vednesday - Tyler, TX - Isaacs 2009

We made it to the Lazy OD Ranch about 7:30 PM Eastern on Tuesday.

For this Vintage View Wednesday we are going back to January 2009 to an Isaacs Concert. We missed the Isaacs Musication Nation weekend in Franklin, North Carolina recently and Odie is almost in mourning. Maybe this will help her.

I believe this concert was in Tyler, Texas at Green Acres Baptist Church on a Monday night of all times. We had closed revival on Sunday night and were starting another quite a ways from there on Monday or Tuesday but we detoured through Tyler, if I remember correctly.

We arrived in the early afternoon and parked the BoggsMobile out of the way in the back forty of the massive group of parking areas. We were happy to be there for soundcheck, a great visit and for a wonderful concert.

The church was hoping to have a decent turnout on a Monday night, but did not know exactly what to expect. The lower floor ended up being standing room only and the balcony had a good crowd too! 

We also were introduced that night to some folks from near Austin, Texas that we sang for at a later date. That was neat. It was a great night and the pictures bring back a lot of memories. 

I hope you enjoy this Vintage View Vednesday. I know that Odie will! Thanks for stopping in.

Davy

Travel Days - 1200+ Mile Home

We will post pictures from tent revival and of taking down the tent in Colorado Springs later in the week. Right now I need to bring you up to date on our weekend and travel toward home.

Sunday morning when I was writing our weekend update, we had two services on Sunday of tent revival left, a bunch of prep work to be completed for tent take down and transport, plus I wanted to drive a few hours Sunday night.

It did not look very possible, but we determined to stick to the plan and see what happened.

I love it when a plan comes together!

Early Sunday I worked in the trailer some and then two of Bro. Gary Thomas' sons helped me set up the sound equipment about 8:00 AM. So far so good.

We had a great service Sunday morning and then I finished preparing for the last service and taking down the tent. I had the lights down, the sound system cords on the ground, the trailer sorted, the items outside that needed to be outside and the BoggsMobile hooked up to the trailer by 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Perfect!

Here is Kelly Jo moving the bus into position so that we could hook up to the trailer.

After everything was in place the rain clouds descended and the radar did not look good. Rain on the tent that late was not good for my plan, but if we had to stay over until Monday, we would roll with it.

We escaped with a very, very light sprinkle! Hallelujah!

Church began at 6:00 and we had another wonderful service. We said "Amen" about 7:50 and began the process to take everything down. The Souls Harbor Church and even visitors jumped in to load chairs, take down the sound system and then get the tent on the ground and packed up. By 9:00 we were ready to load the car in the trailer and strap it down.

We were saying tearful goodbyes to all of our new friends and pulling out of Souls Harbor Church about 9:30 PM. We wiggled out of town and 75 miles later we were turning on I-70 east.

We drove five hours and 300 nice trouble free miles Sunday night and stopped to sleep at a rest area near Ogallah, Kansas. We rested a few hours at the rest area and left about noon central time on Monday. 

We drove about 400 more miles Monday. The first 3 hours of traveling were a pleasure and then we were smacked with the reality of traffic as we approached Topeka and Kansas City. That was slooooow going.

Our only stop for the day was a fuel stop.

Monday night we stopped at a rest area near Boonville, Missouri. That is where I am typing from now.

We have about 515 more miles to go and we should be home by Tuesday night by God's grace.

Thank you for reading today.

Davy

Weekend Woudup and Weview July 9, 2018

We have had a wonderful weekend of tent revival in Colorado Springs. Each night the anticipation level has intensified and the services have been tremendous. We are praising God for saving, healing and delivering. Hallelujah!

I want to tell you something that happened to us on the way here from Wichita.

If you have traveled by car from lower elevations to higher elevations then you have experienced things expanding almost to the point of bursting. An unopened bag of chips in Wichita will look like it is about to burst 10 hours later in Denver. A bottle of any liquid will likely spew some out when you open it.

There in lies the story.

When we left Wichita Sunday night after church we were at 1300' above sea level. The drive north on I-135 and then west on I-70 looks flat for the most part. There are no steep climbs and certainly no mountain passes but the road west is steady climbing all the time.

By the time you reach Colby, Kansas you are at 3150'. At the Kansas and Colorado state line you are at 3900' and Colorado Springs is at 6000' elevation. That is quite a change without ever climbing a steep hill.

While driving Monday a few miles east of Colorado Springs we all heard a distinctly "different" sound that lasted only an instant. It was not really a pop and not really a sound of air gushing, but some kind of combination of the two.

We were not sure where it came from or exactly what it was. Kelly Jo got up and looked around inside the bus for something that could explain the sound and found nothing.

As soon as I found a place, I stopped along side the road and we looked everything over outside. All 14 tires were good, the air conditioning covers were in place and the contents of the tent trailer had not shifted. We were stumped.

Monday evening, Kelly Jo found the culprit. She had put this full and unopened  container of bath wash in a small carry-on piece of luggage. The luggage was in the back of the BoggsMoble sitting on a comforter.

When she opened the bag, the container was COMPLETELY empty and the Mango Splash was all over the inside of the bag and was oozing out onto the comforter. Evidently the elevation change put so much pressure on the bottle that all of the contents exploded out the top in one big gush.

Can you imagine the mess we would have had IF the bottle had been sitting some where outside of that bag like the counter top or in a cabinet with 100 other things that would have to be cleaned up. 

Kelly Jo said it happened in the very best place.

The moral of the story. Be careful about going higher, you may blow your top!

We have had a wonderful weekend so far. The altar services have been outstanding. 

Saturday I spent some time getting things ready to ride. I filled up the fresh water, made sure the grey water was draining and worked to organize the trailer some. Most of the trailer preparation had to wait until we unloaded the sound equipment and set it under the tent Sunday.

I am preparing this post Sunday morning because today is probably going to get busy. We have service this morning and 10:15 and service this evening at 6:00. In between I plan to get the trailer ready for loading the chairs and tent and then move the BoggsMobile into position so that I can hook up to the trailer.

After church tonight, if the tent is dry, we hope to take it all down, pack it all away, strap it all down, load up the Green Machine and then drive a few hours. That does not leave me much time to finish this post, so this might be all. If so, then I will let you know if our grand plans worked out later.

Thank you for stopping in today.

Davy