Jonas Creek to Waterfowl Lake

Today was a glorious day.

Our devotion this morning was from Psalm 73. We were asked to ponder especially the question in 73:25, "whom have I in heaven but you?" A worthy question, but my mind wandered to v.15, the NRSV translation reads thus:
If I said, "I will walk on in this way,"
I would have been untrue to the circle
of your children.
I prayed intently over these three questions, and I encourage you to also consider them:

1. What do I really understand and trust about my own identity as a child in the circle?
2. What exactly is my obligation to the circle?
3. How intimate and connected is this circle of God's family?

At the end of our ride, our legs were pretty beat up. It's just day two, and many of us are feeling a little leg weary. That doesn't bode all that well for tomorrow's ride up the pass, which will be even longer and steeper than today's opening climb.

As a way to recover many of us waded into the lake (See a picture here) as high up as our legs could bare it. We stood and let the cold seep and do its little magic recovery work on our legs. It also gave us a chance to bathe in a camp site that didn't have showers. Cleaning up isn't for the faint of heart, the water was glacier water less than 10 miles from where the water gathers into this lake.

All-in-all a great day. Tomorrow we head toward the campground where I first decided to follow Jesus 21 years ago. I'm trying hard to not over-sentimentalize it, but it's important for me to spend some time there.