Trippin'

We got back from our little excursion with the kids yesterday. We went to Holiday World for a day and camped out for a couple of nights. We had a great time riding rides with the kids and being family! Abbie rode her first big rollercoaster...The Raven. The terror in her face going down that first hill was priceless, then she was nothing but giggles from then on. We probably won't be going to Six Flags again anytime soon, Holiday World was perfect for our kids ages.

We had an intersting time back at the campsite. We got back from the park and had some new neighbors. On one side of us was the "good Christian" group. They had their church t-shirts on and no beer in site. Our other neighbors were obviously having a rough time of it. We could hear them fighting and her saying "This whole day has been shit!" So, once again we are between the porch and altar (Joel 2:17). That seems to be where God wants us. The couple decided to leave in the darkness and started packing up the tent. Of course, the "good Christians" didn't lift a finger to help...after all, this guy was a Samaritan! I moved my van to give him some light and helped him pack up. Turned out his wife had a baby 4 weeks ago...probably a bad move to go camping that soon after...my guess is that it was not a pleasant ride home for them...

One of the highlights of the trip was getting to be about 20 yards away from two juvenile bald eagles. I thought they were hawks at first, but some park workers said they were eagles. We got to watch them soar from tree to tree, and eat some worms. You could hear the mother call to them in the night. Very cool!

I'm ready to go camping again...

P.S. - Thanks to George for the Wayne Jacobsen CD's on The Cross. We finally listened to the first one on the trip. Very good stuff!