When we wake up we decide how we want our day to be! Monday morning, we woke up and Lynn had prepared us scrambled eggs, sausage and biscuits for breakfast and then we packed for an overnight adventure to the Grand Canyon. On the way we stopped at Lake Mead - which is the lake formed by Hoover Dam and Matt took us on a pontoon boat excursion. It was beautiful to see how man and God worked together to make something so beautiful - or rather God saw what Man had...

I am excited as we prepare for our trip to the Grand Canyon as it is the beginning of the preparation for Doug and my adventure. For Doug his challenge is can he pace himself for the arduous and demanding journey riding a bicycle across America. I am blessed to be able to spend this time with Doug and to help him realize a dream. When he was at Grays Chapel he was the "Chief Dreamer". We were blessed that he shared his dreams with Lynn and me. We went places we n...

Saturday when I arose I was up before everyone else so I checked the internet for the news in America and sports scores! We had thought about staying up watching the Duke/Carolina basketball game but it started around midnight and we had a long day of driving and sightseeing ahead of us on Saturday. (We drove roughly 300 miles) I was surprised to see Duke had won (and Doug Miller was very excited when I told him) We loaded up the vans and headed south. We were go...

On Tuesday we had booked a Wild Rover tour to Kilkenny, Wicklow Mountains & Glendalough. The trip to our first stop in Kilkenny was a a very scenic ride through the Irish countryside. When we arrived in Kilkenny I did my own tour as they moved to quickly for me. I enjoyed the small shops in the downtown and enjoyed just meeting people and talking. I talked with one of the shop owner for probably 30 min. It was a good conversation as she enjoyed talking to an ...

Monday was the beginning of a very busy day as we had to pack just one suitcase for our trip to Dublin. We packed and we weighed and we weighed and repacked and finally we were comfortable our bags would meet Ryan Airs strict weight limits. Doug Miller was nice enough to store our bags in his van as he and Mary are going to Scotland for the next few days. We will meet them in Edinburgh on Thursday but they are going to the Scottish Highlands and exploring until ...