Today Alec and I start out on our annual road trip. We will be heading to Atlanta to see the Cubs play the Braves on Tuesday night. During that time we will be staying at my brother Gary's house who lives a little west of Atlanta. He is also coming to the game. After that we will be heading out to the Smokies to do a couple of day hikes. One of the hikes is to a place called the Chimney Tops. It is not long (4mi round-trip) but is supposed to be grueling the last mile up. But they say the views are incredible. We also want to check out a waterfall or two depending on time. Then head home a different way via Knoxville/Cincinnati/Indianapolis by Friday. Tonight we have stopped in Paducah at a Baymont Inn. We didn't get terribly far because we started a little late: around 4pm. The trip itself was fairly uneventful; although we did stop for dinner at this retro Dennys in Tuscola. That was different although, believe it or not, we were actually there before! In fact, we stayed at the local Holiday Inn! That is because, back when Mary worked for Clayton Environmental she spent some time out there at a jobsite. I brought the kids and we hung out for a day.
Of course the morning was VERY eventful! We all earned our stripes at the service this morning! It turned out that we had no teaching pastor! Yep, found that out at about 9:15am. Some strange miscommunications led to that moment. We had to think and move quick. Videocast option was looked at but didn't work. Our new Community Pastor, Dennis Taylor, did a great job filling in and basically winging a message! That combined with my first time on sound, issues with keyboard equipment, overseeing the School for the Arts signups, etc. made for a fun morning! The entire team did great in adjusting and making for what turned out to be a phenomenal time. It just goes to show that no matter how much we want to screw it up, God still will do amazing things. Everytime!
By the way, two things to note from this evening. Cubs win 6-2 and I was able to listen to it all the way down - except for a spot around the 5th inning where WGN got a little bit fuzzy. I listened to the St. Louis broadcast for that inning. Funny how you hear a different perspective from the enemy. I heard them dissing Wrigley Field; yeah they were doing that (of course the radio announcer was John Rooney who used to cover the White Sox). Boo to them. Plus, did anyone catch that amazing relay swimming race at the Olympics? I saw it while starting this blog. I am not too much into this stuff but that was really awesome how the USA won. They beat the French who were guaranteeing a win. Why do the French do stuff like that?
Tomorrow we are off to Atlanta. I'll cover things when I can.
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