So Much Has Happened, Oct 23-26, 2009

Oh My Gosh!!! So much has happened since our last update. We have taken many pictures. It is difficult to work on the computer while the truck is in motion. I make typos and sometimes I get a severe case of nausea.

Okay! We last left you when we delivered Heinz products to Fogelsville, PA. From Fogelsville we went to Anheuser-Bush in Newark, NJ to pick up a load which was delivered to Jefferson Distribution in Martinsburg, WV. Our pickup date was October 23rd with a delivery date of October 26th. We did make our pickup and drop on time. Yahoo!

Traveling from Fogelsville, PA to Newark, NJ we went over a high expansive bridge that overlooked a city. It was in Bethlehem, PA. Pictures 121 - 128 captured just a glimpse of this breathtaking sight. Most of the pictures you will see were taken when the truck is in motion at 65 mph so they don’t always come out great. These pics were taken in motion with rain, and at the last moment.

We were traveling the highway on our way to Martinsburg, WV, when we came up over a hill and Richard said, “Look at all the hot air balloons!” I thought is he seeing things? He shouldn’t be driving if he is this tired. I continued to scan the sky for “all of these hot air balloons” and sure enough way out on the horizon there were nine hot air balloons. They were so far away they looked like tiny basketballs in the sky. If you look real close out on the horizon you can see the balloons. I couldn’t wait to get closer to them so I could capture the sight with my camera. We finally caught up to them but I was unable to get some good pics of the nine of them together because they were in the direct sun. So I did my best as you will see in attached photos. We pulled off the road into a Pilot Truck Stop (yes, we stop mostly at Pilots), and I was able to get a few close shots.

If you look closely at the upper left corner of picture number 13, you will see a green balloon coming up out of the valley. I had watched him for awhile and believe that he was stuck in the valley unable to pull himself out until the last moment. I followed him out of the valley and up above the Pilot Center as you can see in pics 18, 20, 23. It was an awesome sight to see the balloons enjoying the open sky.

God has blessed us tremendously with safe travels, incredible sights, time together and all of your prayers and well wishes for our journey. We pray blessings upon you all!