One of the big upsides of raising support is that it means spending lots of time with people--old friends, new contacts, and everyone in between. Lately this meeting time took the form of a classic roadtrip through my old college stomping grounds in Toccoa, Georgia, as well as Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. Not a bad way to spend a week! One of my old roommates, Bethany, shared her car and her time and made the rounds with me (see us hookin' up with some new buds at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, above). We got to visit most of our other college roomies, as well as a couple friends of mine who are living in the South after stints at Open Door Ministries and Bear Trap Ranch (two of my old employers in Colorado). It was a whirlwind of a trip, but a good one all around! It was wonderful to catch up and hang out with everyone, and also to share about my Cambodia plans.
A few numbers:
*8--how many cities/towns we spent time in
*$3.22--highest gas price we saw (thank you, Charlotte, NC!)
*72%--sanitation score of the Chili's we ate at in Atlanta (according to Christine)
*5,012--approximate number of songs we listened to as we drove along
*1--number of giant chocolate chip cookies I purchased at gas stations along the way (suprisingly, only 1)
4 comments:
One will never survive the hard stuff in life with numbers like that. The cookie count must go up! The blog has a great start, now your audience is requesting...hmm, ...no...demanding a photo ablum at some site like flickr, where you can entertain and inform us with pictures and comments that link back to your blog. :)
Wow, is this THE Pete Van Vuren?? Couldn't agree more with you about the cookie count. How're you doing, Pete? Ever hang out at Bear Trap these days? And wow again--I have an audience! We'll see about the flickr album when I have more exciting pictures to share...say when I'm actually overseas. Not a bad idea...
So, do you still keep in touch with the two friends you made at the hotel?
ha ha...oh, my horsey friends...my mom actually asked me the same thing yesterday. Exactly the same thing. A little wierd...
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