Showers and Clean Clothes Can Wait

I guess showers and clean clothes will have to wait....
The campsite was beautiful but primitive and we fell asleep with the hum of a waterfall in our ears. Well worth the sacrifice.
It's so wonderful to hear from all of you! I try to reply but my laptop time is limited. I do wonder what's happening in Cedar Rapids and the rest of flooded Iowa.
Today I can say officially that...I love it. For everything I dislike there is something that I wouldn't want to miss. I hate hitching up the camper...I always smash something, a finger or a toe or a knee, but I wouldn't miss washing my face in cold mountain air with warm water. And a shower is becoming AN EVENT. Every day has a drama to it. It's like living in a reality show.

Forgive a few personal comments.

Merlyn-We are staying at the First Baptist Church in Prineville tonight. Please forgive us. (The Prineville Christian Church office was gone for the day by the time I called. I did try.) Cal was feeling so good he wanted to bike a little longer. Thanks again for all your help getting us over the Cascades. We expect to see you biking out to Pella one of these years. We will always have a warm place in our hearts for the Oregon Christian Churches.

Rosa, good to talk to you. Please explain to Kris how to comment on a blog. Ok? My love to Terri. It will get better Lana.

I have so much I want to say. Sometimes I wonder why God cares about this stupid bike trip, but he is showing up so often in such beautiful and sometimes amazing ways, I can't help but think that maybe He is having fun too.
Love to all of you.
Mary