Vacation time

I'll be on vacation with the family until April 4. So probably no new posts until after then. Have a good couple of weeks.

Peace,

Chris

Lake Anna...

This past weekend we enjoyed an evening of camping, hot dogs, s'mores and great campfire conversations with some friends from Richmond at Lake Anna State Park (pictured above). We had a great time.

Our "vacation home" next to our friends' "vacation home."

Lovely signage along the bike trail...

I will be returning in two weeks for a triathlon (my first of the season.) Woohoo!

Blogging Chicago...

Today while biking along the lake shore to the Museum of Science and industry and Jill got a flat tire, which required us to walk and take the bus. While waiting for the bus we saw quite a few interesting things - one of them pictured above.

On Holiday...

Jill and I are on vacation for the next couple of weeks. Posting will be sporadic...more sporadic than usual.

(note: we are nowhere near the above picture - we are north - Warren, PA and Chicago, IL - however, we do have our "vacation" home with us!)

Vacation Update...

Jill and I have really enjoyed our time at the beach. It has been relaxing and refreshing. We leave the beach today and head up to Richmond for a quick visit with my family before heading on to Marshall tomorrow.

We were able to make it to the beach one day (yesterday) where Jill acquired a sunburn to match all sunburns. (ouch!) She likes to make fun of me whenever we go to the beach, because I try to cover every square inch to avoid getting burned...who's laughing now! (Don't tell her I said that.) The water was extremely cold. I decided to be manly and run into the water...when I dove under the water and the cold of the water stole my breath, I decided that being manly isn't really all its cracked up to be and promptly ran back out of the water.

We ran into a group of folks from a previous church on Monday evening. They invited us over for a delicious seafood meal the next evening. We enjoyed hanging out with these folks in a different context, and getting to meet some new folks. The rest of our vacation has been spent just the two of us. Its been really nice.

Those were just a few of the "highlights" from our trip. Good stuff! Now its the time has come to make our way back to the real world.

Vacation!

Jesus is risen. Easter is celebrated. Now Jill and I are on vacation!

We are staying at a sweet place this week. I don't want to divulge our source other than to say - I know a guy...

Jill loves the beach. In fact she takes off for a week each summer with a group of rowdy women (her mom, her mom's friend and Jill's childhood friend) to come to the beach. I live the whole week in fear that I will have to post bail for them for being too rowdy!

But I digress...the weather is a little chilly, but that works for me because it means we don't have to spend countless hours baking in the sun. (Not my favorite thing to do.) We hope to do a lot of reading, eating, running, sleeping, watching movies...we'll need a vacation to rest from our vacation!

We both have a few "work" things to do. She has to do report cards (I wonder if she'll be more generous with grades since we are away from home at a beautiful beach). I need to get my butt in gear working on a series on healing - something about which I feel I have a lot to learn and process.

I will post more later - for now I must go...vacate...vacation...whatever the correct verb form is, I have to go do that.

Skiing is a beautiful thing...

I am up at Snowmass, CO with some friends for a couple of days. In this picture, Andrew (black) and I (green) just finished hiking up to the top of the Longshot Run. (See trail map here.)The view was spectacular and the run down the mountain was fun and challenging!

The weather has been fantastic and the snow conditions have been even better. The only thing that would make this trip complete is if Jill could be here!