Monday, August 25, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008

Today we biked 76 miles from St. Catherines, Ontario to Byron, New York at an RV park with a swimming pool. So guess what we did when we got into camp. We went swimming in the pool. It felt so good even though it was such a beautiful, bright, sun-shiny cooler day that we thank God for. Breakfast was a half hour early this morning because we had to cross the border from Canada into the U.S. today across Rainbow Bridge. Rainbow bridge is right near Niagara Falls and has a beautiful view of the falls as we crossed the bridge. The border crossing was completely smooth. We cycled through just like we were crossing a normal bridge because the border patrol was surprised at how organized that we were. Upstate New York is beautiful country to cycle through with forests, cabbage fields, and corn fields. We stopped at a small restaurant/driving range for lunch. We took quite a few swings at some golf balls. It was only $3.50 for a small bucket of about 30-40 balls. So much fun and such a good break. We actually had no snack stops today. We missed them very much but when you don’t have to stop the biking day really flies by because your free to just keep riding. We arrived in camp at 4 pm and had spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, and fruit for dinner after we went swimming in the pool. We are not having small groups after peleton tonight and are instead having a campfire. The campground brought over a bunch of wood to us with a tractor so we could have a fire. We are even having s’mores. Yes! We are starting to thinking about the end. There is a lunch stop on a farm tomorrow by a local CRC. In peleton tonight Chaplain Len called forward all those who are going back to school to pray for them. Thanks Len. I don’t really want to think about the end and I don’t know if it will really hit me until we get back home. There will be a lot of reflection to do if things don’t turn around too quickly. I just want to thank God for pouring out His blessings on this awesome experience.