Van Trouble.

We left Idaho Falls today, and ate a nice breakfast at Shari's. I wasn't very hungry so I didn't end up eating my entire meal. We headed out on the road, anticipating a 4-5 hour drive, therefore arriving in Boise by about 3:00. But, this was not the case today. At about 1:30, after a few pee and gas stops, we were on cruise control on the big highway. Suddenly the van began to slowly decrease in speed and it was as if we were in neutral. We pulled over to the side of the road, and it just stopped running. We tried to restart the van, but that did not happen. The van would not turn over.

Josh called the next church that we were staying at to let them know about our situation. They referred us to a towing and transmission company (as we suspected that we were having Transmission problems), and we called the company. Then we waited, and waited, and waited. The time seemed to fly by, and we kept occupied. We played games, recorded videos, read my seventeen magazine, took pictures, created pee shelters for the girls who really had to go, layed in the grass, played music, and basically just chilled. The only person who stopped was a police officer, wondering if we were okay.

At about 6:00, 4.5 hours after our van died, the tow truck arrived. They loaded up our dear Willie, and put him on a big flat bed truck. We took pictures of the team by the van, as it was on the tow-truck. Two of our team members, and the tow-truck driver, piled into the tow-truck cab. Then the remaining 8 of us went into a tiny mini-van with another tow-truck driver. We were packed in that little van (be aware that we documented our day very well with pictures. Be on the look-out for pictures that I'm tagged in on facebook... those will be up in the next few days to week).

We drove one hour to Boise, and then waited at the transmission/auto place for about half an hour. Then the pastor of the church we'll be doing a show at tomorrow came and picked us up in the church 15-passenger van. It's smaller then our regular van, and it didn't have the roof rack. But we packed that van full with all our suitcases, sleeping bags, backpacks, pillows, props and musical gear. We went to the church and at an amazing dinner, and then got dropped off at all our billet homes. Lana and I are at this elderly couples house, they are so sweet! We hope that our van is fixed sometime tomorrow, but we can't guarantee. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Over and out.