1,800 mile weekend

This past weekend, I did something I have never done before - I drove 13 hours each way to go to church. Well, I did want to say goodbye to some friends and see Colorado again, and I really had the urge to get in my car and drive somewhere. So on Friday night I looked at the map, called some friends in Colorado and scheduled to stay there Saturday night. The next morning, I hit the rode for the most impromptu long distance trip I've done since the Terri Schivo Case down in Florida. 869 miles/ 12hrs 45 min later (68 mph average speed, 3 stops, and speedlimits as high as 80 MPH), the Lord brought me safely to my destination in Monument, CO. I drove through the most snow I had seen all winter:

But that's jumping ahead. I drove through the great Texas Hill Country first:

Then some rather uninhabitating stretches of real estate:

Good news is Texas keeps the highest speed limits around (75 on the little road above, 80 on I-10):

The only things that seemed to live out there are windmills and oil wells.

Northern New Mexico was beautiful:

But, not to be compared with Monument and Colorado Springs the next day:

That's Pike's Peak above.

On Sunday, I visited Reformation Church in Castle Rock where Kevin Swanson and Mike Chappa are elders. Excellent message in the morning on Spiritual Warfare from Ephesians 6. Had a great time catching up with friends and saying goodbye.

In the afternoon I visited a small Baptist church in Colorado Springs, then at 5:45 PM Mountain time, headed home, knowing that I had to be at work by 7:00 am Central time to start work. In the grace of God, I arrived tired but happy at 6:45am central, just in time for work. I slept very well that night after having been awake for nearly 38 hours straight... In less than 48 hours, I had covered almost 2000 miles, gone to two churches, visited with friends, listened to multiple sermons and part of a book while driving, drove through rain, wind and snow... God is so good! And tomorrow, destination Indiana. This time by plane though so travel time will be greatly reduced.