Wednesday

It was very nice being able to wake up later than the crack of dawn this morning... 8:00

Upon arrival at Six Flags, we were greeted by a NJ DMV officer who explained that our van was not being legally driven because crossing state lines requires a CDL. After a couple of hours, Art had sorted the issue out and we were good to go.

A driver had to be hired for the rest of the driving that needed to be done.

Art here: While the DMV thing was a hassle there was a good part to it. Along the way we were amazed by the kindness of the folks around us. Neil our construction supervisor is our guardian angel. He managed to find someone with the "right" license to drive the van, drove the person up, and drove us over to the pizza place. He then hooked us up with the folks at Upper Crust Pizza , first off their pizza is way good, second they gave us a break on the pizza, way nice folks.

The ironic part of all this is that the DOT.gov site indicates that we didn't really need a CDL. We are going to have to work that with friends in government to resolve this.

All this though was secondary, all the youth had a great time, they stayed together and had a lot of fun riding the rides, it was a nice break from the work, and as Pastor reminded us there is a time for everything, tomorrow the team will be back at it on the house, they will be tearing down a large porch and doing a lot of parging. They really are working hard, everyone of them.

p.s. Ask the youth about the burping contest