Regarding Amy
Oh Deer!
So this weekend was fun! We always enjoy our time with MAGMA peeps! Hopefully we’ll be able to get a little more involved next year. I love to see people eager to work together for the good of what they love!
We didn’t have a Sunday booking so we decided that since we had to go through Sikeston, MO we would stop at Lambert’s (Home of the Throwed Rolls). We left Farmington, MO (at about 1:00 am towards) Cape Girardeau to stay the night there. Cape is only about 20-30 miles from Sikeston. At approximately 2:15ish, we were all slightly ajarred by a huge THUD. It sounded as though we ran over something. LOL Well, we did sorta! Seems a pretty good size deer decided he wanted to try to knock us off the road. Mom and Dad seemed sure it was a deer, as they were sitting up front and could see more than me and Chris.
I wasn’t totally sure so I decided to jump out of the car with dad to see the damage. A nice young gentleman stopped to see if we were all right. He saw something happen with us and the deer but he didn’t know to what extent or if we needed any help. He ran to both mile markers to check out where we were so we could call the state patrol office. From the look of the damage we can only guess that the deer ran into us. We were extremely fortunate that the deer did not go through any windows or the windshield. If we were 3 seconds sooner, that deer would’ve been on top of Mom and Dad in the front. The young man looked at me and said, “God sure has mercy”. I said, “THAT He does.”. We thanked him for his help, and Dad gave him a CD! I pray it blesses his life!
About 20 minutes later the state patrol officer showed up and wrote a report for insurance purposes. Apparently it was a pretty big deer. The officer told dad that if his wife was more into cleaning game, he’d call her up and have her come pick it up! LOL Finally we were back on the road and got checked into our hotel about 4:00 am. The lady at the Pear Tree Inn in Cape let us have a late check out and gave us a deal on the room. God totally worked it out for us.
Once we got a little sleep it was off to Lambert’s. THe full damage to the van is unknown. We can’t open the rear sliding door at all, and the driver’s side door won’t open all the way. We are praying for God’s favor in the whole insurance ordeal. He’s not a halfway God, so I know that since He kept us safe during the event, and then provided us extra sleep (with the hotel) to make up for what we lost, He WILL provide what we need to get the van fixed. Dad write’s a little about the event on his blog here. If I can get the pics from Dad, I’ll post em for you to see!
On to the good part of the trip...Lambert’s!
Now, I must tell you that if you have never been to Lambert’s you are in for a real treat. YES, they do throw the rolls, and they are HOT! But they are well worth the slight singeing of the hands! Lambert’s is unique in the fact that not only do they throw the rolls, but they pass around what we like to call FREE food! You pay for a meal, I usually get the Country Fried Steak, but as an added bonus, peeps come by with extras to add to your plate. These extras include such items as fried okra, fried potatoes, macaroni and tomatoes, and more!! YUM! It’s quite an experience. Warning to anyone who does actually decide to take a trip to Lambert’s. You get LOTS of food...so eat SLOW! :p
I’m outta here! Got LOTS of work to catch up on!!
PEACE, LOVE, and BLESSINGS to you all!
AM
I have one question for Amy, what caliber truck were you in?
Posted by Randy Renigar on 10/17 at 04:23 PM
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