Luke and I decided to do a road trip as sort of a rite of passage. He just graduated from High School. He’s entered into a new season of his life. I wanted to spend some bonding time with him by taking this road trip. Wanted him to know how much I love him, believe in him and see great things happening in his life. He’s a favored son.
Our destination was Boise, Idaho. Upon arriving there, Luke has decided to spend an extra month serving the Create Common Good community focused upon refugees. Check Create Common Good out at http://createcommongood.org
He’ll also hang with our XEALOT Guide Brent Southcombe, Chef of the Nation Australia. He’s a leader I know Luke will love to learn from. He’ll also be with Tara Russell, business woman extraordinaire!
Well I just arrived home. Dropped Luke off and took a plane home. It was grueling but wildly fun. I’ll fly back and then ride with Luke home.
Here are the highlights so far:
1. Riding with my son
2. Eating with Luke, The boy can chow.
3. Watching him notice my idiosyncricies. Saw he noticed me getting tired. He knows my mannerisms.
4. The miracle trip where we somehow didn’t run out of gas completely. Thinking there would be a gas station in between destination points, soon discovered there were none available for about 190 miles. Somehow we made it on fumes. Luke’s one bar on the gas tank was blinking for about 30 miles. We slowed down to 35 mph, coasted when we could, backdrafted and prayed!
We somehow rolled into the gas station about 2am.
Then we went into town to discover out of the whole town, there was only one room available.
This part of the trip reminded me most of life. There are dark nights. Where you don’t feel you can make it. No more energy. Doubts abound. We saw wild, living creatures who could threaten us or we could enjoy. God is in control. He provided us with everything we needed. Then joy came in the morning. The food and the scenery was epic the next day.
As we looked back we saw the mountains we traveled through. Realized there was snow in them ol’ hills. At times we were freezing. Literally, i was shaking.
Here are some pics and vids from our trip so far. I still will be returning with him later in July! wooohoooo!
luke and I in the desert
what we didn't know was this was the last fueling station for about 190 miles
my blue fingers. . . from the cold, 12k elevation.
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