Vacation

..."A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation...".

And that's just what it was. There is not even much to tell about. It was just plain "down time".

We had to postpone our departure and lose two days of our vacation because, well, sometimes things just come up. So...we pulled out of our driveway Saturday night (after attending a wedding), at about 7:30 pm...Let the drive begin! Oroville here we come!
We get as far as Fife and decide we'd better put some food in our stomachs before everything closes. Where did we eat before Wendy's came along?
Good to go, we set our sites on getting over Sno. Pass and into E. WA. The original plan was to grab some sleep somewhere along the way but, "hard core drivin' guy" decided to gut it out. I of course, being the ever faithful traveling companion, nodded off throughout the journey only to wake up when the music caught my attention or "hard core drivin' guy" got a little too close to the shoulder and that horrid grooved pavement noise startled the bejeebers out of me.
It was a beautiful night, no traffic, bright moon and great CD's blasting with Jackson Brown, Emmylou Harris, John Mayer...the list is endless. I must say it was one of the most pain free drives we've ever made across the mountains. I think due in part, because we did NOT have "man's best friend" along with us this time.
We arrived in Oroville at around 3:45 a.m.(I told you he was hard core), pulled into a little community park that had RV parking, got in the trailer and slept for about 3 hrs., in lue of disturbing the whole campground by opening the gate & pulling in at such a rediculous time of morning. After our "nap", we then drove the whole 1/2 mile to the St. Pk. where we were greeted at our campsite by 3 ducks who expected breakfast to be served before we set up camp.
Lake Osoyoos St. Pk. would be our home away from home for the next 5 days. The park is not too big, is surrounded by water and you can always count on the sunshine to bask in.
We like to drive around the area looking for the perfect property to buy and then design a small little house on the lake. We usually find some lots for sale, but haven't hit the multi million dollor jackpot it would take to buy the land. It's good to have a dream or two...

This year's camping trip was diffrent than past years. Since we were totally on our own. At first we were bummed. No Lauree and no family pet. It was empty nest practice. But then when we got to thinking about it, it didn't take long to figure out that we would get more relaxing done without the girl and the dog. 1 frustrated 17 yr. old girl vacationing with her parents under duress + no cell service/no texting + no friend for company + one barking, panting overheated & shedding yellow lab = NOT A RELAXING TIME for anyone.

Our time alone gave us freedoms we don't usually get on a typical vacation. We talked, prayed, read, heard from the Lord...only to prove once again,
that...

Change is good.



Psalm 62:5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.