First Night at Mt. Vernon

Tonight was the first night of Fellowship Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at Mt. Vernon Holiness Church. This year they are celebrating 70 years as a church in 2018 and it is nice to be here and be a part of that. It is kind of important that you know we have not been coming here all 70 years. 😀

Thursday began at Walmart in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. I had planned to get an early start, but the RV Park we were headed to had no place until check out time at noon. I stayed busy working while the girls rested and we hooked the Green Machine to the BoggsMobile and pulled out about 10:45 and headed north on I-35.

It finally feels like fall has arrived. It was cool enough for a little heat in the morning. It was a gorgeous, cool, beautiful day. I love driving on these types of days.

After arriving at Roadrunner RV Park in Oklahoma City and checking in, the first order of business was doing the work of an evangelist. Since the weather was nice and I had a few minutes to spare, I rinsed both tanks several times. It will probably get colder from here so that may be the last time I get to do that for a while.

After putting everything away and washing my hands about 10 times, I was ready for lunch. Wow!

Then Kelly Jo and I loaded sound equipment in the Green Machine and drove a couple of miles to Mt. Vernon Church and set it up. After sound check we had just enough time to get cleaned up for church, rest a very few minutes and then it was time to get the ball rolling toward church.

It was a great first night of Fellowship Meeting. We have a long history with Pastor Rickey Searcy and all of  these great friends and it was pretty comfortable settling back in with them. We loved last night and I know we are going to enjoy the whole weekend.

Odie snapped a few pictures last night.

We have service Friday and Saturday night at 7:15 and service Saturday morning and Sunday morning at 10:30. If you are any where near here, we would love have you join us.

Thank you for stopping in to visit a while today.

Davy

Never A Dull Moment

Thank you for the texts, emails and comments in response to yesterday's post. Odie requires very little to make her happy and your words sure helped to do it!

We have packed a bunch of action in the last two days. There is never a dull moment on the BoggsMobile.

I ended the weekend post that I put up Tuesday with a picture of the tacos Kelly Jo made for supper Monday. I looked at those a moment ago and they flung another craving on me. That girl can make some seriously killer tacos!

What I did not mention Tuesday morning was that we were having electrical problems.

As we were going to bed, we noticed one side of the electric was acting crazy. I did not know if it was the bus or the power from the church. It was raining and I got soaked trying to sort it out. I finally turned the generator on and everything evened out. I went to bed.

It rained cats and dogs most of Tuesday so I let the electrical situation simmer on my brain and the collective bus brain around the country.

While that was going on, we still had to eat. We met Pastor Dennis King, Sis. Judy King, Nathan and Quinton for lunch at Nue Ranch in Gainesville. We really like their little lunch buffet and it did not disappoint. We had a wonderful time visiting with our dear friends too.

When the rain quit about 5:00 PM Tuesday I investigated the electrical problem. The breaker inside the church was fine. Outside one side of the 50 amp receptacle was a solid 120 volts. The other side went from 120 volts to 0 volts to 40 volts to 120 volts to 60 volts to 120 volts. I thought the wire might be loose.

I removed the 50 amp receptacle and it literally fell apart in my hands!

Evidently one of the connections had worked loose over the years and a loose electrical connection gets hot. This one had been very hot!

After supper we went to Home Depot to fetch the parts and this is what we ended up with.

It worked like a charm.

We had plans Tuesday evening to meet our niece Deidre and her husband Ben for supper at Chili's in Gainesville. They are working in a church in Sherman about 40 miles away. We loved getting to see them and to spend some time with them. It was nice of them to make the drive over. We love you both!

Wednesday we cranked the BoggsMobile and continued our journey northward toward OKC.

We made a stop before we left Gainesville at the Quick Trip truck stop. I was no where near empty, but diesel was going up 35 cents a gallon in Oklahoma. Might as well save nearly $40.

Notice the sign on top of the diesel pump. You get a Free Glazed Donut With The Purchase of Any 12oz. Red Bull. Yep, a cup of sugar fried into a circle is exactly what you need with that Red Bull, mister!😀

We stopped our journey in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to eat lunch and visit with dear friends, Larry and Rose Landress, Bruce and Priscilla Mayhan, Jeffery and Rebecca Blankenship and their sweet girls. It was nice that all of them put their busy lives on hold to meet us for a while. We love each and every one of you.

Later we made a last minute decision to go to revival with Bruce and Priscilla at their home church in Pauls Valley. We had a good time and saw a lot of folks we have not seen in a long time. It was a great ending to a great day.

This morning we will finish the drive to Oklahoma City and begin Fellowship Meeting tonight at Mt. Vernon Holiness Church. We are looking forward to the whole weekend!

Thank you for joining us for the ride today.

Davy

Vintage View Vednesday - Happy Birthday Odie Podie!

Today's Vintage View Vednesday is a conglomeration of pictures of Odie's birthday from her 18th in 2003 to her 32nd last year. These pictures range from birthday cakes to birthday meals to birthday celebrations to pictures of Odie on or near her actual birthday each year. 

I hope you enjoy this Vintage View Vednesday dedicated to Odie's birthday. Before each set of pictures I have listed Odie's age and the year.

Please help me out by taking a moment to wish Odie a Happy 33rd birthday coming up this coming Sunday on October 14th. 

Odie, Your mother and I sure love you! Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday young lady!

18 in 2003

19 in 2004

20 in 2005

21 in 2006

22 in 2007

23 in 2008

24 in 2009

25 in 2010

26 in 2011

27 in 2012

28 in 2013

29 in 2014

30 in 2015

31 in 2016

32 in 2017

It was fun digging up these pictures from the archives. I hope you have enjoyed them.

Thank you for dropping in today.

Davy