short ride. short blog.
today's ride took us straight south from Damascus, VA and down into the northeast (and mountainous) corner of Tennesee. every now and then, the tiniest of snowflakes could be seen in the chilly air as we followed the Laurel Creek through the Iron Mountains - great pine-covered peaks capped with snow above a perfectly horizontal elevation line.
not more than 20 miles past our last state border sign on the trek, we stopped in Boone, NC for the day, welcomed into the home of Peter and Cynthia Gaw, a superb couple that treated us to an amazing home-cooked dinner, warm beds & showers, laundry, and of course, great conversation and fellowship over hot cups of tea. once more, God sees it in His will to take me to school in the meaning of grace, a lesson I will continue to lern all my life. blessed without any chance of being able to repay such kindness, I've seen the power of God at work once more on this trip through the hospitality of the Gaw family.
until next time,
may the wind be always at your back
josh & mark
the lifecycle team
hard to get excited about Appalachian State. Still have nightmares from the upset of 2007. Better get out of there while you can....
ReplyDeleteGod must have known I still had bitter thoughts against them :) was actually a very beautiful mountain town, so it's a bit tougher to have hard feelings toward them now
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