Whoopie Slings and Cordage to the Rescue!

[BrianWillan]

Good story on making lemonade from lemons. I take it that it wasn't feasible to have the fuel pump fixed at your first night stop?

Cheers

Brian

[ol' daddy]

Awesome story (and attitude, might I add--no problems, just potential solutions). Kudos to both you and your son!

Thanks, Timab...luka. What I related was a thumbnail sketch of events from a hammocking perspective. What made the story remarkable was the way in which the kindness of strangers was displayed - we did discover them to be fellow Christian believers. They went far beyond what we reasonably expected for a mere auto repair, inviting us into their home, feeding us (no small feat for our crew), even offering us the use of their pickup for continuing our trip. Later, he even delivered our rig to the car rental point in Amarillo - 60 miles away - to make things easier for us on our return leg!

That's the kind of hospitality and generosity I hope I'm able to bring to someone in need someday.

[ol' daddy]

There was a lot of WANT TO along with some good attitudes on that trip. Great story.

So true...my wife was very determined to get to our final destination. Had we waited in Clarendon, TX for the repair, we would have lost 2-3 days of our vacation, and had a lot of grumpy family members! As it turned out, we lost just a few hours.

[obmit]

Thanks, Timab...luka. What I related was a thumbnail sketch of events from a hammocking perspective. What made the story remarkable was the way in which the kindness of strangers was displayed - we did discover them to be fellow Christian believers. They went far beyond what we reasonably expected for a mere auto repair, inviting us into their home, feeding us (no small feat for our crew), even offering us the use of their pickup for continuing our trip. Later, he even delivered our rig to the car rental point in Amarillo - 60 miles away - to make things easier for us on our return leg!

That's the kind of hospitality and generosity I hope I'm able to bring to someone in need someday.

That was awesome of them. Too much of the time we have to go thru the toughest of times to see the best of people. I think people are put in our paths (and vice versa) just for that purpose.

BTW, I can't imagine the look on your wifes face when you said "hold on honey, I have to take pictures of this so I can post them on the forum!"