Each year our church life group plans a huge camping trip and even though Mike and I teach in the 3 year old room now rather than attending class, they are still kind enough to invite us! 15 families this year!
We had a great time just hanging out at the campsite, swimming, and exploring.
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| Lincoln and his buddy Evan |
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| Sheer exhaustion! Before we even finished loading up the car in the morning, Lincoln was out. |
We had brought our tandem kayak along for the weekend and really enjoyed having friends to be able to utilize it. The ride up went great with it in the rooftop kayak carrier. As we started back the wind seemed to be catching it and making an annoying noise. We stopped so that Mike could examine the situation...I took a few pictures of the beautiful countryside.
And then these are pictures of us waiting patiently for Mike to get ratchet straps in Wal-Mart. See, shortly after "checking" the kayak, we got back on the country highway, and shortly after that the kayak dislodged from the carrier and could be seen hanging (and banging) against the driver's side door window. Mike calmly pulled over to assess our situation. Turns out the locking mechanism on the carrier was no longer functional. With not a lot of options, he took down the kayak, threw it in a field and headed to the nearest Wal-Mart. (To which it definitely was my better judgment that let me know taking pictures of our "adventure" would not have been appreciated by all parties....mostly Mike. Hence the car seat pictures while he was "shopping.")
We made it home safely - with the kayak - a camping story - and a heart full of gratefulness for God's provision in the whole ordeal. (Our minds immediately raced to an alternate scenario where the kayak completely dislodged on a non-rural highway...with a very different ending.)
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