Why am I surprised?

After a great breakfast together with plenty of milk, we were off once again.  We rode through the Amish countryside and had to stop when we passed a sign for a bicycle shop.  It was open and we had a very interesting discussion with the owner.  He talked about the high usage of bicycles among the Amish and when I met his wife, she mentioned that they were going to visit her sister 30 miles away.  (I hope I have that number right in my head.  It could have been 15 miles and I doubled it for the round trip.)  I was just impressed that this young mother with her infant daughter would ride a bicycle this far.  He asked if we were blogging (another surprise) and it wasn't until we were riding that I came up with the questions I should have asked, the most prevalent being how they choose parts of our modern society to use and parts they do not.

We tried to see our president but missed him by 10 minutes.  We raced on our bicycles and were only able to see the helicopters taking off.  It was very interesting to see the amount of security, the size of the guns (Yikes) and the turnout of people in this small Indiana town.  After lunch, Dave headed north and we continued west.

We stopped for the night in Potato Creek State Park.  It was beautiful and we joked that we were not allowed to talk to anyone since we were trying to get to Chicago for the weekend.

Friday we headed for the Indiana Dunes.  We stopped for dinner along the way and for the first time, we found a campsite that was sold out.  The state park was full, the national park was full, every hotel we called was full and the only campground that had space was quite a distance away in the wrong direction.  

We were tired once again and thought we would try knocking on a door.  We saw a mom walking with 3 kids and asked her if she had room in her yard for our tents.  

"No, but my neighbors do," she answered.  She went up to their door and they quickly came out.  

They had a whole section of grass that we hadn't seen and it was perfect for us!

Larry mentioned that he came out from Ohio to work in Chicago and now was a pastor at a local Baptist church.

Why am I surprised?  Of course God is taking care of us but I still am caught off guard when things like this happen.

We were welcomed and their son started a bonfire for us all to enjoy.  Becky offered us showers (big smile from me) and we had a place to rest our weary heads.

Neil pulled Cord aside.  "This is really spooky," he said.  We all laughed.  He joked later that we must have a directory with us of Christians along our route.  

We had a fantastic breakfast with Larry and Becky before heading off to Chicago.  

Sweet Fellowship.  We are blessed.  Why am I surprised?