We moved a distance of about 150 yards from site 31 to site 18 this morning at Hunting Island State Park. Tomorrow we move about 50 yards to site 21 and Sunday we will move about 75 yards to site 17. This is a popular state park right on the Atlantic and people reserve their favorite campsites in advance. We were fortunate to get reservations so close to our arrival. Tonight we are getting together with Scott and Susan to catch up on the last 25 years since we last were together here in Beaufort, SC, and 20 years before that in Washington, DC when Scott, Susan and I were students at George Washington University. Looking forward to reminiscing.
Karen and I took a walk on the beach this morning, talking with people as we walked to and from the Hunting Island lighthouse. Along the way we watched the dolphins frolicking in the shallow water close to the shore. We also were collecting sand dollars washed up on the shore, but were told we had actually collected ones which were still alive, so I returned them to the ocean hoping they might have a few more hours, or days, or years to do what sand dollars do when they are pardoned from the bleach bucket. In many ways this trip has been very educational. How can one know everything about everything, since most of our education was pre-google? Some people really do know a lot.
In addition to people, we minister to a lot of pets; cats, parrots but mostly dogs. It's amazing how many people travel with as many as three dogs. All shapes, sizes, ages, denominations and temperaments. Like us humans, they love to meet others, get acquainted in a variety of styles, mostly of the sniffing-type and like people in this life style there isn't a lot of open hostility. This is quite a journey for all of us; as one man riding a one-speed clunker on the beach said, "I feel like I've died and gone to heaven". At that moment and so many more in our travels, I had to agree. God has blessed us; He has blessed us all, and called us to live this life with joy, gratitude and the hope of eternity now and forever. I pray we all embrace His message and preach it by our words and actions no matter what season of life we find ourselves. Do all to the Glory of God. Thank you, Lord.
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