Dad has been saying for years that Hilton Head is one of his favorite places in the country. This morning we headed south to check it out for ourselves. It was nearly a two-hour drive to get there. We had no idea what to look for there, so we tried stopping at the first welcome center we saw, and we found that it was closed and completely empty. Not a good sign! Continue reading
Our day did not start out well. You may recall that when we tried to park in our campsite last night, there was a truck parked there and Mark had to honk for a while to get the owner to come out and move it. This morning as we were packing up, a woman with a clipboard came by and told us that the next camper for our space was there. We were supposed to have a checkout time of 11:00. It was only 10:30. Continue reading
Mark and I were in the men’s bathroom this afternoon cleaning when Kathy brought a couple in to look around. Turns out they were the inspectors for the Good Sam Club. Continue reading
This morning we appeared to have gotten up early but it felt like it should be two hours later. That was good because it gave us the opportunity to get up and get some stuff done. After showers and breakfast, Mark and I got into our car and drove to Aurora to take care of some things. Continue reading
You may find this hard to believe, but of all the churches I’ve visited or attended in my life, I’ve never been to a Lutheran church. Since my daughter-in-law is Lutheran, I put a Lutheran church in Saratoga on my list of churches I wanted to visit, and today was the day I scheduled for visiting. Continue reading
I’ve been preparing for my family to come this weekend, so I haven’t written in nearly a week. I wanted to write about what Mark and I did on Tuesday and Wednesday. Continue reading
I wasn’t in the mood for an “O Happy Day! Praise the Lord!” kind of church today, so it was Provident that I had scheduled to go visit St. Nicholas Orthodox Church this morning. I have visited many churches in my day, and even a couple synagogues, but I have never been to an Orthodox church before. I had decided to visit this one today Continue reading
Imagine watching your spouse go from perfect health to total dependence on you for everything. That’s what happened to Delores Warner. Her husband, who had always been in control, was diagnosed with ALS, and he made her promise she wouldn’t put him in a nursing home. She not only took care of him, but also of their small farm with Continue reading
After I went to San Francisco for church and commented on how long it takes to get there, my father wrote to me about a church in Palo Alto he suggested I try. The church is Peninsula Bible Church, and he said a former pastor of the church (now deceased) had written a book about what the church was doing that the church I spent my teen years in Continue reading
This morning I visited Legacy Community Church in Los Gatos. I was late getting there because I didn’t realize that Saratoga Village was going to be blocked off for a celebration today and those who wanted to go through had to take a detour, but I got there while there was still music being sung. Continue reading