THURSDAY,
AUGUST 14:
Another
cool, damp day. Just stayed inside and
read. I’m now reading Tim Keller’s Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering.
Leave it to Keller to congeal and
coalesce a lot of what’s been written over the years (and centuries) from a
Christian perspective on pain and suffering into a cogent and challenging
volume, of course imparting his signature brilliance and thoughtfulness
throughout. A great addition is, at the
end of each chapter, he includes a short contemporary first-person account of
great suffering a person has gone through and come out on the other side
through the grace of God.
Highlight
of the day: Bill saw that the camp store
carries Alaskan Amber. Got a couple of
6-packs and had one with leftover salmon.
Hit the spot . . .
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 15:
Repeat
of yesterday’s weather – cool, overcast, and damp. So we had another slow, leisurely morning.
But by noon, we were ready to get out, even if not the sunny day we had
been hoping for as our last day here.
Just headed on out to Rialto Beach again –
took a couple of camp chairs and our books, and warm clothing and figured we
could sit and read against the backdrop of the surf as well as we could in the
RV! Glad we decided to do it - we had a
really nice afternoon down there. Mostly
cloudy & misty, but now and then the sun would peak out, warming us
up. Read quite a bit, took a walk up the
same direction we did the other night, but didn’t go nearly as far, as the tide
was coming in and at high tide while we were there. We enjoyed watching the
waves at high tide pound the driftwood and logs closest to the beach. Some waves got pretty big! 
Had fun
watching 4 little girls having a ball in the surf. Every time a wave would come
in & break, they’d squeal in half-glee, half-fright, run away from it, and
then run back to splash in its foam.
Reminded me of the few times (actually, I can only remember once) that
my family & extended family had a beach outing when we were little, and we
kids would react in much the same way.
Such a long time ago.
Left
around 6:00; seemed like a shorter ride home this time. Made a quick dinner of a frozen Shrimp Fettuccini
and read and relaxed til bedtime. Noticed that it’s totally dark now by 9:00. The density of the dark here, together with
the dampness, really lends a primordial feel to our campground and makes us
feel snug & secure in our little home.
Tomorrow
we’re going to head down the Washington coast on our way to Portland. We’d originally planned to go over to the
Seattle area from here, but changed our
plans due to being a little behind in our original itinerary, and wanted to
spend as much time as possible with Lynn before she leaves on her African
adventure in a couple of weeks. So we
just decided to reverse the Portland and Seattle portions of the trip. One of the benefits of being your own
Travel Agent/Tour Guide!
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