[Continued from 1.3]

After the sleepless night we really needed something good to go our ways. It was a fresh day and we were miles down the trail. To keep moving past the mosquito haven, we ate breakfast on the trail. It was a quiet hike. Most were either sleepy, tired or itchy. But before we knew it (after about 2 hours of hiking) we dropped down into Merritt Lake. It was sweet relief. The shoes came off and we all waded around in the lake.

Half of us found shady spots and took naps, the rest vegged with their feet in the lake. Soon we were (those of us who were sleeping) awoken by the sound of visitors. Our guide had called for back up. Some of our adventure staff guides (YD Adventures) hiked in a different trail to bring us needed supplies. The calvary had arrived bearing tents and more. The tents were so we’d have relief when we slept. They also came bearing ice cream. I’ve never experienced eating ice cream in the backcountry, but it is truly amazing. We all broke out our spoons passed around the cartons of strawberry and mint. It was straight up majesty.

We slept well that night. [to be continued...]

Stuart’s Financial Advice #453:

Never trust your financial future to anyone who has quotation marks in their name.

Ah yes, the simple joys of the Dollar Store. The wonderland of everything for a buck. It’s an amazing experience to give your kids a dollar each and see what happens.

Here’s what their money bought them.

James

Aida 

[Note: the gun died 10 min after this video was made and the pom-poms didn't last much longer - ah! dollar store!]

Open Skies played live. Such a great song!

[youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmUCyt7LK9k]

Oh and I also got contacted by EMI records about my blog and Crowder obsession. They apparently want to send me free stuff and have me review things for them (to promote and advertise). Could be cool, but I’ll get excited when I see a package of goodies. I’ll keep you updated.

I began reading Steven James’ book Story: Recapturing the Mystery.  I can usually tell if I like a book within the first chapter or so. This book has kept me reading it. So far so good.

The premise: it’s a narrative telling of stories from the Bible. We used some of it on our backpack trip to tell stories of Jesus that really breathed life into Him and His ministry. James has an amazing knack for personalizing Bible stories and making them seem much more human and real that before.

I’ll give you a review once I finished.

Steven James also has a great blog you can find here.