Life Lessons from a Winnebago III

Good Morning Wisconsin. We had a good rest in a very quiet and dark state park, a sharp contrast to the highway rest stop from last night.

First task today is to get drinking water. I pull up at the water station to find this very tall water hose device thing. It looked strange, but after review works well for its purpose. I name it Rocky in honor of Moses and his water experience. My only challenge is that I park the RV too far away from Rocky to hold the hose in place and turn the valve on. So I just turn Rocky on and move toward the RV, water gushing. But before the water enters the fill tube, it hits the side of the RV and splatters all over me. A second time I accidentally move the hose and get a second dousing. In the end, we have a full tank of water, and I will be drying out.

This is our longest driving day so far. The road is so flat and straight in Wisconsin and Minnesota and part of South Dakota you don't need a google car for unattended driving. (Lynne won't buy my theory either.)

Finally we arrive at our first sight, the Badlands of South Dakota. The scene is breathtaking. The beautiful layers of red and white rock forming hundreds of small peaks has us all asking questions about how it was created. We camp under the stars in the middle of this beautiful creation tonight. By the time we eat it is 9:00PM, but the chicken breast, broccoli, brussel sprouts, and apple sauce taste better in the badlands than at our kitchen table somehow.


The badlands are being formed through a slow process of erosion by wind and rain. It is a good reminder that true beauty, all around us and especially in people, develops in a slow, sometimes indiscernible,  process. I must be patient with God to grow me up into the person I need to be.

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