no phone calls, no schedules, just vacation.
We took our boat to a lake this year for our vacation, so we could just relax, picnic, do a little
fishing, relax, picnic, and relax some more. We had taken our boat to this same lake last year and
it was disastrous, so we were really looking forward to seeing what all we missed the last time
around. It was gorgeous! Beautiful weather, hardly anyone else on the lake, fishing poles ready,
and a good book within reach. Couldn't ask for much better!
We love to pull our pontoon up into a cove, drop anchor and just listen to the water as it ripples
against the boat. It's so quiet you can hear a....sasquatch? Well, that was just a little creepy.
We were in a cove all by ourselves where it's so quiet you feel you have to whisper, and all of
a sudden, on the side of the mountain that secluded our little cove, came a hair raising scream!
Mountain lion? Possibly. Panther? Could be, but I'm sticking with sasquatch. We slowly moved to
the other side of the cove and resumed our fishing with a watchful eye toward the mountain.
We fished out of that cove, made our way on up into another cove just as an eagle was flying and
landed in a tree. Oh, my goodness, how beautiful! It sat there for a little while before it
got aggitated at us for trespassing in it's cove and flew off.
Awhile later we were kind of drifting back to the dock to pick up our son, daughter in law, and
dog, Lexi. We had plenty of time so we stopped at a little, cool spot under the trees to fish
and saw these skinny, long, ugly fish. I mean ugly! They were about as long as my arm (this is
absolutely true, it's not a fish story) and about as big around, but they had this really long
snout. Some were striped, some speckled, but all were ugly. We checked on this and found that
it was gar, and they have teeth! Eww. We tried everything to try and catch one, so when Tim finally
snagged one, we were all excited, I was running around the boat trying to find the net, Tim was
telling me to hurry, and when I came back with the net, he grabbed it and told me to get the pole!
So, as we switched off, and I was in control...well, never mind, just let it be noted that I didn't
know you weren't supposed to lift the fish out of the water first.
We made our way back and picked up our other passengers, and started out for another big adventure.
Someone made mention that the clouds seemed a little dark, but we were too optimistic for things such
as bad weather. We were on vacation! We kept fishing our way up the lake and tried to ignore the
fact that the clouds were black and there were rumbling sounds which weren't coming from our hungry
stomachs. Okay, lightening, water, and metal pontoons don't really go together, but we were so far
up the lake we didn't think we could make it back, so we just had to look for someplace we could dock
and unload til the storm passed.
Just as we came around a point, we saw up in the cove a place we could dock and get out easily, so
we headed up toward the end of the cove. It was perfect. We pulled right up to this rock, that was
even with our door, and it made a perfect step for us to unload. This place was beautiful. It was
shaded by huge trees, it had a kind of crude road leading up the hillside that we could walk on. It
was easy for us, and Lexi loved getting out and running around.
Soon the dark clouds and rumblings turned into a full blown torrential downpour, with lightening and
crashes of thunder. We ran up the hillside to find some kind of shelter from the rain under the
trees when we heard our son yell for us.
area, was an enormous rock jutting out of the ground, leaning over slightly so that there was a place
to walk under and it was completely dry. There wasn't one drop of water under there. The ground was
so dry, it was almost sandy. And it was big enough for all of us, even one large, nervous dog!
out from under the rock, we would be drenched, but under the rock, we were dry and we were safe.
We didn't just "happen" to find that cove. We didn't just "happen" to see that rock. I truly believe
that when God created the earth, he put that rock right there in that very spot because one day a
family would be in the storm and they would need shelter. I believe he put that rock there for us.
When life is too hard, go to the rock. When depression hits, go to the rock. When the storms are
too rough, just get out of the boat and go to the rock.
Psalms 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom
I will trust;my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms 31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress;therefore, for thy name's sake, lead me and guide
me.
Psalms 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Psalms 139 (please read the whole chapter...it's awesome!)
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