Thursday, September 4, 2025

Seeing Beauty in Hard Places, Part 1

As mentioned in my last post, we spent a month of this summer at Mayo clinic. Since Dad had less than an hour of treatments per day, we looked for ways to get out of the city/clinic atmosphere as much as possible. At least as much as Dad was able to handle.


Even in the middle of the downtown roar of traffic and construction/demolition, we enjoyed a stroll to this park with a fountain one afternoon.


Then God had a beautiful surprise planned for us on the day we drove up to enjoy the Mississippi River. We always like to stop at the Lake City marina where the river widens to a lake up to 3 miles across. This particular Saturday we were surprised to see so many sails out... until we found out that local sailors were giving rides for a donation to a fundraiser.


And that is how we got out sailing in a year where our own Weta stayed parked in the shed! This Catalina 310 was the biggest sailboat we've gotten to try yet, and our captain and first mate were a good fit for us.


It is just so good to get out in God's creation!


• Viewing the Mississippi from Frontenac State Park (and trying to stay cool in intensely humid heat!)

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