I do believe that this trip will go down in the history books of the Chryst family vacations. We arrived to Boone Monday around 11am. The temperature was 16 degrees and it was already snowing. I don't believe the temp. has gotten much above 25 and it has barely stopped snowing. We weren't able to head towards our cabin until about 4pm on Monday. By then the roads had really collected snow and I was beginning to get a bit nervous about making it to our cabin. We were thankful to see that the road into our neighborhood had recently been plowed. Philip cautiously began our assent up the road. With our cabin in sight, we had one last tricky curve to get by. We made two attempts and realized we weren't going to make it. Philip got out of the car to look around. An angel appeared behind us in the form of a maintenance serviceman who was heading to our cabin to check on the hot tub. He gave Philip some great advice about how to climb the final curve. With increased confidence, Philip reversed down the hill to try again this time with more momentum. That's the key!
We made it to our neighbors drive way. Philip and Peter trudged back and forth hauling in all of our belongings and groceries. After the hauling was complete, Philip and the "angel " shoveled out a path for the van and laid as much salt as we could find. The angel helped Philip to get the van into our driveway. If our "angel" had not appeared at the exact time he did then I am not sure what we would have done. It was been a wonderful story for the kids to experience how God provides for us in the form of people!
After all that hard work, the kids and Philip jumped into the (outdoor) hot tub. I wish you could see the ice that formed on their hair. Philip's towel was even frozen when he came inside!
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