It Was a Long Day

This morning we woke up to a beautiful sunrise at our KOA campground in Williams, AZ.  We had a good night's sleep on our new mattress that doesn't have air; so therefore, it cannot go flat.  We packed up everything and headed out to our final destination of Tucumcari, New Mexico, which was 534 miles away.  We knew we would not be able to make near as many stops today as we did yesterday, but that was okay.  Everything was going fine until we reached the Arizona, New Mexico, border.  While I was driving I ran over a big piece of some type of sheet metal.  It really scared me as it made some horrific sounding noises under my car.  Matt and I stopped in Gallup, New Mexico to get a Subway sandwich as well as to see what damage had been done to the car.  At first glance it seemed that the exterior of the car was just fine, but when we came out from Subway I noticed something hanging underneath my car.  Matt got down to investigate what it was and found out that the piece of metal that I had run over had torn apart the undercarriage of my car, particularly the part that protects the gas tank.  There was not much he could do, but get a hammer and hammer the thin metal covering back into place as best as he could.  We were both thanking the Lord that the piece of metal that I ran over did not puncture the gas tank.  I guess the undercarriage covering of my car served its purpose today as it protected my gas tank.  The rest of our journey was long and quite uneventful.  We made it to Tucumcari at around 5:30.  We checked in, set up or tent, and then headed out to find dinner.  Tucumcari is along old Route 66, and I was curious to see what it looked like.  Well, it looked like a dying town, it was quite sad to see.  We finally found a Sonic to eat at, and then headed back to our campsite.  I have been working on this blog and my Facebook posts forever because the internet connection is so slow, but at least there is Internet. It reminds me of the good old dial up days.  I am so thankful that God gave us a safe journey today and that He has protected both of our cars.  Tomorrow it's off to Joplin Missouri--I already checked the weather, it says it will be clear with no tornadoes expected.