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Earl Traveler and the Critter Repelant · Travel With A Purpose

• 0:05
  SPEAKER_00: Hello, fellow Sojourners.
• 0:07
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Dave Leighton, and welcome to Travel with a Purpose, a podcast designed to keep Sojourners and friends informed, entertained, and inspired.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: Hello, fellow sojourners.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Dave Leighton, and welcome to Travel with a Purpose, a podcast designed to keep Sojourners and friends informed, entertained, and inspired.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: In today's episode, we join Earl and Pearl as Earl deals with a problem at the RV.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: Well, as the day began, Earl had a problem.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: Well, technically the RV had a problem.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: A mysterious critter had apparently decided the wiring under the motor home tasted better than anything found in nature.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Earl noticed it when a dashboard warning light flickered on and off like it was sending Morse code.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: It can't be.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_00: Something's chewing on my wires, Earl said.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: Jay nodded.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: Probably a squirrel, a chickmunk, a mouse, or something similar.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: Earl folded his arms.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: I've got a solution.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Those words should have warned everyone.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: A trip to the farm supply store produced a can of industrial strength critter repellent.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: The label promised to discourage rodents, squirrels, rabbits, and apparently any living thing possessing a nose.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_00: Earl read the instructions.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: Then he read the testimonials.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: Then he read them again.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: This stuff must really work, he said.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: Earl glanced at the warning label.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: It says use sparingly.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: Earl smiled.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: Well, you know my philosophy.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: If a little is good, then more must be even better.
• 2:12
  SPEAKER_00: Pearl just rolled her eyes.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: The next morning, Earl crawled under the RV and began spraying.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: And spraying and spraying.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: By the time he finished the entire engine compartment smelled like a combination of rotten onions, spoiled garlic, old gem sock, and something that had lost a fight with a skunk.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: Earl admired his work.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: That critter won't be back.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_00: He closed the compartment and climbed inside.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: About ten minutes later he was sitting in his recliner when he began to notice a faint odor.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: Five minutes after that it was stronger.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: Ten minutes after that, it had fully invaded the living area.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: Well Pearl walked in about that time.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_00: She had been out grocery shopping.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: She stopped, she sniffed, and she looked around suspiciously.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: Then she looked at Earl.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_00: What happened?
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: Earl shrugged.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: Nothing.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: Pearl pointed around and looked at the air.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_00: The RV smells like a skunk opened a garlic factory.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I sprayed the critter repellent.
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_00: How much?
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_00: Earl thought carefully.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: The amount required.
• 3:38
  SPEAKER_00: Pearl narrowed her eyes.
• 3:41
  SPEAKER_00: That wasn't the question.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Gypsy, about that time, emerged from beneath the dinette.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: She froze.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: Her ears flattened.
• 3:51
  SPEAKER_00: She sniffed once.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: She sniffed twice.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: Then she immediately crawled back under the table.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: Pearl laughed.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Gypsy looks ready to file a change of address form.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: Earl shook his head.
• 4:06
  SPEAKER_00: She's just overreacting.
• 4:08
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Gypsy responded by glaring at him in a way that only cats can.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_00: Myles, their little white poodle, wandered through the RV.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_00: He sniffed the air.
• 4:19
  SPEAKER_00: He sniffed the floor.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: He sniffed Earl, and then he sniffed himself.
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_00: His expression seemed to say I don't know what happened, but somehow I think Earl caused it.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: Myles finally sat in the middle of the floor looking completely confused.
• 4:35
  SPEAKER_00: The smell grew stronger throughout the afternoon.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_00: Apparently Earl's generous application had seeped through every opening and vent imaginable.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: Even worse, the air conditioner was helping distribute it equally throughout the RV.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: Pearl opened windows, she turned on fans, s she lit a scented candle.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: The candle surrendered after about fifteen minutes.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_00: Nothing helped.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_00: Well that evening their neighbors stopped by.
• 5:07
  SPEAKER_00: David Little climbed the RV steps and immediately stopped.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_00: Phew, he said.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_00: Behind him Sheila covered her nose.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_00: She looked at Earl and said, What died?
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_00: Nothing died, Earl said proudly.
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_00: I'm preventing wire damage.
• 5:23
  SPEAKER_00: Sheila nodded.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_00: Well, judging by the smell, you also prevented human inhabitation.
• 5:30
  SPEAKER_00: Earl laughed so hard she nearly spilled her teeth.
• 5:33
  SPEAKER_00: The next morning the odor had improved slightly, very slightly.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Gypsy was finally willing to come from under the table for short visits.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: Myles had stopped investigating and simply accepted that reality was no longer making sense.
• 5:50
  SPEAKER_00: Earl sat across from Earl drinking coffee.
• 5:53
  SPEAKER_00: So what have we learned?
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_00: Earl thought for a moment.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: When the directions say you sparingly, maybe there's a reason.
• 6:02
  SPEAKER_00: Earl smiled.
• 6:03
  SPEAKER_00: Progress, she said.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_00: Friends, that reminds me of Proverbs fourteen and fifteen.
• 6:10
  SPEAKER_00: It says The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_00: Earl discovered that solving one problem can create another if we rush ahead without carefully considering the results.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_00: Wisdom often means taking an extra moment to think through the consequences before grabbing the spray can.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes a little is enough, and sometimes extra becomes a story everyone remembers for years.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: As Earl learned, a little critter spray keeps the mice away.
• 6:46
  SPEAKER_00: A whole can can keep everybody away.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_00: Well, thanks for listening to this podcast.
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_00: I invite you to subscribe and share it with others.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Dave Leighton.
• 6:57
  SPEAKER_00: And remember we glorify God as together we travel with a purpose.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_00: Happy sojourning.