Creation ... Cathedral ... Community On the Camino, I was treated to daily experiences of God's creation. The beauty and the challenge. Breath-taking views became the norm. Easy to claim I was in the House of the Lord as I hiked the Way. The cathedrals I visited upon the Way were nearly as inspiring. The …
Camino Packing List Review
The Camino de Santiago was an amazing experience! Of the many lessons, the Camino taught me how satisfied I can be living out of a backpack for 40 days. Let me share a short video of what worked and did not work for me. I began walking on May 24th, 2018 and arrived in Santiago …
Turtle Town and Missionary Tale
More god-fueled conversations ensued . . . The Father / Son trip to Hawaii was fantastic. After scuba, horseback riding and a luau, we tried snuba. Unlike scuba, the air tank remained on a raft to which we were connected by a 20'-25' hose and harness. We used a regulator to breath and towed our …
Horses and a luau!
God is walking with me this summer! Yesterday, Joseph and I were scheduled for a morning horseback ride. We arrive and are greeted by Jimmy. Before we are picked up to be driven up the mountain to the stables, Jimmy has told me his conversion story which includes his previous car that was demon possessed, …
Scuba at Airport Beach, Maui
Our dive instructor said scuba was like yoga and meditation. Joseph and I followed up on our Barcelona experience of shark diving with an open water dive in Maui. We are gearing up in a parking lot because we are going to walk into the ocean from the beach. We still made it to a …
Pearl Harbor
Joseph and I made it to Honolulu on Friday (7/27) to begin our "Father/Son" trip to Hawai'i! We stayed at Waikiki beach. On my birthday (7/28) we toured Pearl Harbor. It was a very solemn experience. Having long studied the events leading up to, the day 12/7/41, and what followed... it was moving to see …
Normandy Beaches
In Bayeux, France we began our tour of the Normandy beaches and the WWII D-Day points of interest. We had taken a train from Paris the previous day to Bayeux. What a delightful town and our hotel, Novotel, was wonderful. Our tour began with a solemn visit to La Cambe, a German war cemetery. It …
