This last October, we had the amazing good luck to have a week of vacation scheduled at the same time as the Merkley houseboat time share. We were so ready for a little relaxation at Lake Powell. Do ya'll remember that awesome temper tantrum the government threw a while back, shutting down all kinds of national parks? That ALSO coincided with our planned week at Lake Powell. We told Morgan to pray for a miracle, but I don't think God has much influence in Washington anymore. We ended up scrambling to find a vacation that didn't involve federal land, and settled on St. George, that mecca of the west. We did enjoy ourselves, and decided in the end that Lake Powell might not have been the best choice anyway - I was in the early stages of pregnancy, someone else had vertigo, and there was a recent finger operation that needed to stay dry. That didn't stop us from deriding politics, politicians, and Washington in general. We did some hiking in nearby state parks, caught "Mary Poppins" at the Tuacahn theatre, and enjoyed food and shopping. Utah reopened their parks on the last day of our trip, so we all hurried to Zions before parting ways with family and friends.
On our drive to Zions, a bunch of warning lights came on in our car - not what we wanted to see the day we needed to head home. I dropped everyone at the park, then turned around and drove back to St. George to find a car dealership. Thankfully it was open on Saturday, and thankfully they had time for me, and thankfully they had the part we needed. And I guess we were thankful that it wasn't enormously expensive and that it happened before we drove home through barren desert. We were grateful God was watching out for us, but I think we would have preferred just to have the car work in the first place. :) Ah, those blessings we could do without.
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