All Forward!

This summer is turning out to be a little different than I had anticipated. The Hummer tour company I have been working for got sold out this year, so I won't be wheeling like I did last year. The good news is I got certified to guide river tours on the river that runs through town. This week I checked out and took my first clients through the rapids. It's been a fun process learning how to navigate the river and I've gotten to know some great people on the crew I work with. It is so amazing to be able to do things like this along with pastoring CTK. Yesterday, one of my fellow guides put it this way, "It's so cool that you're, like, a pastor, but you're a real person".

I'm realizing as well how much being in the water matters to me!

Are We There Yet?!?

Last night we got home from our family road trip to Idaho, via CA. We drove about 3900 miles in two weeks attending Steve's wedding and visiting the Hoffmans in Coeur D'alene, Idaho. We also got to visit Salinas Valley Community Church and see many of our friends from before Durango. Our kids, as it turns out, were born for road-tripping and camping on a road trip is my new favorite thing. I discovered the power of Starbucks Doubleshot, and we got to see Montana which turns out to be one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. The highlights for me were being with Steve the night before the wedding, smoking pipes and blessing he and Amy as well as catching up with the Hoffmans and seeing how they are settling in to Coeur D'Alene. Thank you to everyone who was part of our trip...we had a great time!