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October 19, 2004
The weekend is over...
It's been a long weekend, which is a good thing. I got to go away with my Mom and Dad on our sort of annual outing to Shenandoah National Park's Skyline Drive. It was a welcome retreat after our concert experience on Friday, which wasn't bad, it's just nice to decompress after one. It was a long day, but a great concert. It's nice to have a worship concert every once in awhile. There were actually Amish people in the audience. How cool is that? It was nice to have a show where I could have gone out and enjoyed the experience if I had wanted to. I didn't, but I could have.
The trip to Skyline Drive was nice, too. We stopped at the Prime Outlets in Hagerstown, Maryland, where I got an outstanding deal on a Woolrich jacket. A $100 jacket for $25. Can't beat that. I also got a new sweater at Bass, which is one of my favorite outlet stores. I get all of my shoes there. I love those shoes.
We moved on to Front Royal, VA to where we spent some time before church. My mom is Catholic, so we had to make sure we fit church into the schedule. We spent some time at the Front Royal visitor's center and then found a nice coffee shop to spend time before we went to church. I was teasing my mother, because the message during church seemed to me to be more of a political statement than a spiritual message. She didn't find it amusing, but I did. That's the antagonist in me. I couldn't help it. We let it go, so everything was fine.
Onto the Skyline Drive... where supposedly, they were calling for snow! It was really, really cold. Very windy. But beautiful. I love going to National Parks. It's not like you can't see it anywhere else, but it's seems like you can really see God's handiwork in full force at the National Parks. It just kind of hits you in the face. I love it. There were deer right in front of our lodge room. Our balcony overlooked the Shenandoah valley, and we even saw a black bear cub! It always amazes me what God can do, and fall is another thing that really brings it out. The leaves were in mid-change, so there were spots on the drive that were just breathtaking. The colors of fall are so awe-inspiring to me. If you can't see God in that, there's something wrong.
So, now I'm back to work, which is good because we have the Third Day show this Thursday at Giant Center in Hershey. If you're familiar with the Hershey area, you know that Giant Center, Hersheypark and the Hersheypark Stadium are all within, say, half a mile of each other. It just so happens that President Bush is having a rally at Hersheypark Stadium on Thursday, the same day as our concert. That's superiorly cool, but I'm hoping that it won't make life too difficult for us. With the band flying into the same airport that Air Force One will be, it could cause some delays and stuff. Although, this just in... they supposedly will be playing for the rally. So, there you have it. No worries about getting the band there on time.
So, there's something to keep things exciting for the week... like I needed something else.
Posted by karen at October 19, 2004 12:35 PM
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now we just have to get you to see a moose.
Posted by: stacey at October 19, 2004 02:48 PM
Bass rocks.
Posted by: Leanna at October 19, 2004 02:57 PM