The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. Vincent Van Gogh For other sea quotes, try #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, and #8.
Author: Island Mom
We Went Off: Great Faces, Great Places, and Deep Spaces (#8)
You may want to start with part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, and part seven if you’re new to the series. It would be hard to make our children’s first sighting of Mt. Rushmore more anticlimactic. It was dark, foggy, and rainy when we drove by it that first night, […]
We Went Off: It’s Fun To Stay at the Y-M-C-A (#7)
See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, and part 6 of this tale for what happened first. 🙂 When he was a child, LCB and his family stayed at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park while attending a conference. LCB had come away with fond memories, so when we […]
Thoughts on the Sea #8
Thank God for the food and for the hands that prepared it and also for the ocean. Bode Dykens, age 2 (Couldn’t resist this one.;)) *** For other thoughts on the sea, see #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7.
We Went Off: All Was Well Again (#6)
If you’re new to this tale, you may want to start with part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five first. You’ve probably figured out we didn’t plunge into the river that night. No, we survived intact and left the next morning to return the Winnie to its owners. But I feel […]
We Went Off: Cold Campsites and Raging Rivers (#5)
If you missed the beginning of this tale, you may want to start with part one, part two, part three, and part four. Standing in the nearby trees was an elk, watching us while he grazed. The small people watched back for a while, and then my younger son announced, “I want to ride him.†[…]