Mountain Drama

We had a bit of drama this year 

on our mountain journey.

Before we had even reached the cabin

Jonathan, Chelsea and I had reason to 

scream.  As we were eagerly anticipating

the cabin just a mile down the road a large

deer jumped out of nowhere, over the guard rail,
and right in front of us.

 She also narrowly missed

 a man who was jogging.
I slammed the

brake pedal to the floor and held on.

We missed her by a piece of fur.  

Jonathan insists she kicked the fender but

we can't find any evidence of that.
I'm also glad I was the last car in 

our three vehicle convoy so there wasn't 

even a risk of someone hitting me 

from behind.

Our brakes worked very well!

Chelsea screamed loudly, which is pretty 

amazing for her.  She is the quiet type.

To my amazement you don't actually have 

to hit something to remain sore for days.

My neck, shoulder, wrist and back were

felt as if they actually had hit that deer.

I guess that was the impact into the steering wheel.

That poor jogger!  

His face reflected the terror we were all feeling!

  I am so very 

thankful that we didn't swerve into him.

God protected all of us.

So, as we arrived at the cabin and unloaded we

were watching for our friends from the Blue Barn 

Bulletin Blog.  We were so amazed and pleased

that Clarence, Karen and the girls agreed to drive

from Michigan to join us this year.  We had reserved

a cabin for them and were all ready for our time

together.  It wasn't too long after we got there that 

they pulled in.  We visited for a while, ate a late dinner 

and then decided to take them over and get their 

cabin opened up and them settled in.

It was around 10pm by now and it was beginning to 

rain.  As we pulled into the driveway Warren noticed

that the electric line coming to the cabin appeared to have

an issue.  Sure enough, when we got inside there was no 

power to the cabin.  That meant no water, no lights....

nothing.  The guys went outside to investigate and came

back to report that a tree had fallen and taken out the 

power lines leading to this cabin and the one beside it.

There was nothing to do that night but to go back and 

squeeze all of us into one cabin.  That first night was the

tightest because my brother and his wife were there just 

for that night.  We did absolutely fine.  Everyone worked

well together with one tiny bathroom and some took couches.

So if you want to count....
That meant that we had:
Four in our family
Allan and Bev
Four from Michigan
My Mom
Warren's Mom
Pastor Mike
and three dogs
all under
one roof.

The next day we considered whether Clarence and Karen

would want to attempt to rent a different cabin but they 

chose to stay with us as there really was enough space.

It all worked out just fine!

The guys did the dishes once!

 The girls had so much fun together!

It was great!

Although it rained most of the day 

every day we still had a wonderful time!!

I'll share more in the next post about our

furry daily visitor.....think Bear!

More photos to follow, as well.