We woke up this morning in a green meadow surrounded by black hills and outcroppings of rock poking out of the grass. I (Cindy) knew the kids were itching to climb, so off they went under Ian’s supervision. That way Carl could get some more rest…He’s been struggling through a bad cold and cough…But has not wanted to slow us down.
We are pressing on to Yellowstone today and I have not been any help with the driving because I do not have enough experience yet to negotiate the windy conditions we’ve been having. Carl, on the other hand, has become a regular bus driver, taking it all in stride, even when getting pulled over by the New Castle, Wyoming police officer. We have been a bit suspicious that the speedometer was off, so now we just calculate we are really going 15 mph over what it says! No wonder we were making such good time…Oh yeah, we were very thankful that we got stopped by probably the nicest officer in all of Wyoming, who waited patiently while we hunted through drawers for registration and insurance cards…And then decided to just give us a warning. (I must admit I was very glad I was not the one driving!)
The eastern approach to Yellowstone was unfamiliar territory and at one critical point we had to choose between two different routes; we discovered that we had chosen the wrong one when a sign warned us of extremely steep grades. Carl wisely turned around and went the other way. I can’t imagine how rough that road would have been…The way we took was so steep that we had to stop and cool down our smoking brakes quite a few times.
During one of our motorhome rest periods we sat by a raging river feeling very small in a vast wilderness of both dangers and wonders; it was a very good time to remember how great God is, the creator of the rugged yet delicate world that now surrounded us and, frankly, overwhelmed us. We stood there, the five of us, thankful to be there. We understood in a very concrete way that God is big and we are small, which makes his sacrificial love for us even more profound.
Well, we didn’t make it today, but with God’s help we’ll be there tomorrow…And Emma got to add 4 moose to her list. Thanks for praying. Ian was feeling sick today. Hopefully he’ll be back at it tomorrow.
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