Two Days' Delay

​Luke 24: 28-29 – And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
When this verse came in at the beginning of the year, I wasn’t sure what I’d find to say about it – but again, it fits perfectly for this week. I have been on the road for over two weeks now, stopping a night or two here and there, and on the road again. I have been so blessed to have family and friends and acquaintances all along this trip that invite me to come in and stay with them. I haven’t had to camp or needed a motel one single time. The blessing is two-fold; I get to visit and catch up with everyone, and the trip doesn’t seem so far when I know I have a stopping spot at the end of every travel day. I just arrived at home last night with 4,726.3 km driven. Having people say, “Abide with us” turned the miles into bite sized pieces. Twelve hours was my longest driving day. I had such fun as I decided to try as many new roads as possible. I haven’t ever been on the majority of them, so saw some very interesting areas as I cruised the back roads of America. We have an amazing country!
So this is a few days late as I had no access to send this on Sunday, like I normally do. Now I’m frantically doing laundry unloading and repacking, and I’ll pull out tomorrow morning again – this time headed west. Lord willing, I’ll be speaking at a camp for a week, so I’m praying the smoke won’t be too bad as I find it tends to affect me. (For those not aware – Canada is doing its best to burn up this summer! Manitoba is one of the few provinces that aren’t battling raging forest fires. I can’t imagine what the fire fighters are enduring.)

Photos: Wildflowers along the way; a turtle I nearly biked over - he was moving too slow!; a hundred year old barn roof; Mom's favorite place (I always wade in Lake Michigan in memory of her; the bridge I spent 1/2 hr trying to cross (5-7 min is normal) You should have seen the story scenarios I had in my head - collapsing bridge, failed brakes, dives into boats, I was so glad when I got off it!)