Creation Retreat

I know, I know - I haven't been updating my blog but life has been crazy. I'll try to do better. FYI - I will be dating these posts based on when they actually happened, not when I'm writing them.

The last weekend of September we went to Heron Lake for a Creation Retreat with the church. On Friday night we sat around a campfire, made stone soup, shared stories and songs and generally had a good time.

Saturday we went kayaking on Heron Lake. Not only was it a beautiful place but motorboats are not allowed on the lake so it's very peaceful as well. I could have stayed all day. Liane and I went Geocaching with Warren & Carol Siemens - a couple from church. We ended up at the Rio Chama Trail. The river is 150 feet down from where we started. That's a lot of steps. Totally worth it though. Once we got to the bottom we walked about half way across the suspension bridge. Absolutely beautiful. If we would have kept walking, we would have reached reached El Vado Lake, about 5 miles away. Instead we made the hike back up to the top and returned to the campground. We stayed an extra night - along with Warren & Carol - who invited us over for dinner Saturday night.

We left early for home early the next morning. I have to say camping in New Mexico is awesome because there's no mosquitoes, during the day it's warm because the sun is shining and because you're at a higher elevation it's really nice to have the campfire at night but I'm always glad to get back to my bed.

Here are some more pictures.