{"id":1594,"date":"2012-01-12T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2012-04-18T15:57:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T20:57:52","slug":"travel-mishaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2012\/01\/travel-mishaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Mishaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Congo you may be delayed on your trip not because you get stuck, but because someone else has a problem.  This is what we encountered when we went to Karawa a couple weeks ago.  As you can see from one of the pictures, the cross pieces of the bridge were slowly breaking off.  This truck did not pay close attention to the other side and OOPS.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1596\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1596\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1596 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Truck fallen into bridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We spent 1 hr 15 min waiting for them to jack up the truck and get some boards under the wheel to get out.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a picture of women fording the stream with their loads. \u00a0It was about mid-thigh deep with not much current.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-in-bridge-fording-stream.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1595  \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-in-bridge-fording-stream.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-in-bridge-fording-stream.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-in-bridge-fording-stream-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>Fording the stream off to the left<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">And here you have a close-up of the process used for getting the truck un-stuck.\u00a0 Looks like a real stable base for the jack and all the weight of the front of the truck, right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-jacking-it-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1598 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-jacking-it-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-jacking-it-up.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-jacking-it-up-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>Jacking up the truck to get it out<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Here you see how some people got around the stuck truck while others waded through the stream. They are using the tailgate to cover the gap where the boards are broken.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1597\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1597 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/2012-01-12-truck-fallen-into-bridge-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using tailgate to get bicycle around the truck<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The week later this bridge was repaired and now it&#8217;s fine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1594&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Congo you may be delayed on your trip not because you get stuck, but because someone else has a problem. 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