The Joys of Camping

There’s just something about the mountains. 

The beauty, the smell, the sounds…the feeling it gives and makes it feel like you’re in the Kingdom of God.

I’m continuing my list of the things I’m thanking God for and there were many from a mountaintop experience…

What are some things you are thankful for this summer?

 

#1481  sunny, perfect days to camp and hike

#1482  being unplugged in nature for a weekend

#1483  I never threw up from riding on those curvy mountain roads…but hard eucharisteo is that I felt like it.  (Still trying to find reasons to be thankful for motion sickness!)

#1484  finally trying Dramamine the last day…and it worked!!!

#1485  trusting son with an ax and fire

#1486  playing Peanut Butter card game at the picnic table

#1487  walking through what seemed like a rain forest

#1488  Libby catching a butterfly

#1489  the laughter of stepping in cow poop – twice

#1490  Hubby cooking meals while camping

#1492  seeing a new view of God’s creation

#1493  the bible verse 1 John 1:1-8 that come to mind

#1494  daughter riding bike for 17 miles…having been she had hardly ridden a bike prior

#1495  never forgetting how to ride a bike especially since it had been several years since I had

#1496  the scenery on our bike ride

#1497  the sound of the stream’s running water

#1498  waterfalls

#1499  the hole-in-the-wall restaurant on the trail

#1500  blow up mattresses…that I would not came without!

#1501  hearing birds sing

#1502  the beauty of sun rays shining through trees

#1503  a bent tree in the forest

#1504  sitting by a campfire

#1505  making s’mores