First day camping

This was our first night of tent camping, in honeyman state park in Southern Oregon. Our children are a little worried about the old people tent camping. There was even talk of them pooling their resources to buy us an RV. We didn't think we wanted an RV, so here we are. We did splurge on a bigger tent. This one is 8 x 10. Our inflatable mattress does not touch the sides. That is nice. Luxury!

Yesterday we found a marina bar for lunch. That will become more difficult in Nevada and Utah. so far, we haven't griped at each other much. 

Keeping a cooler cold for 3 weeks seems like a lot of trouble, so we are planning to do without. 

Two nights ago, we were spending the evening with our friends JEFF and Julie Brown. We were talking about the homeless problem that seems to be just about everywhere. We talked about the reasons and possible solutions. 

We used to have a house. We used to have a boat that we could live on. Now we have neither. This does not bother us, although we are a little surprised by that. We are blessed to have family who want us to stay with them.

This morning, we awoke to birds making noise. After we got out of tent and put coffee water on, we said a morning offering and read the readings for the day. Our Old Testament reading is about Job. He is the guy who lost everything and still praised God. That was yesterday. Today Job was lamenting that he had ever been born.

So far, we are still happy to have been born. Stay tuned.