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Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are are at home and when you are on the road, when your are going to bed and when your are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Monday, July 5, 2010

A Little Respect

Let me preface this post with the fact that we are back from vacation…thus the reason for no posts in the past week!!! We arrived safely home on Sunday, June 27th and the past week has been a whirlwind. So, I am rewinding to finish off my vacation.

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I am taking this post to hop on my soap box about road respect. Notice the picture above. That is us…32 feet of travel trailer, plus 20 feet of suburban, plus a couple or so feet of hitches. This adds up to a grand total of a minimum of 54 feet! These contraptions are NOT easy to maneuver in tight places. On our way from Holiday World to Cincinnati we managed to take a wrong turn ending up in some local town with winding roads and strip malls. We got turned around and back on the road and eventually made it to our destination, not without the air going out on the truck and a little stress trying to get the thing turned around and back on a main highway.

So, for those of you who ever encounter large vehicles PLEASE have a little respect. Do NOT weave in and out around them, do NOT cut them off, do NOT hang out in their blind spots, DO give them a little extra room to get over, do NOT slam on your brakes in front of them as they are pulling a lot of weight and it isn't easy to stop quickly...besides, they're bigger than you are, DO know that they are doing their best to drive this massive bit of metal without getting in an accident.

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3 comments:

  1. Jase and MelissaJuly 5, 2010 at 6:48 PM

    I will foorever think of your family the next time I am considering weaving through highways filled with travel trailers :)

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  2. ElizabethJuly 5, 2010 at 8:27 PM

    If you ever travel the PA turnpike, think of my warnings around semis...they're not that much longer! Thanks for following Melissa:)

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  3. Jase and MelissaJuly 7, 2010 at 6:47 AM

    p.s. Elizabeth- I do love the name "London." And your London is far more endearing than the one I may have described!

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