Mother of all Family Vacations II

That sad feeling that our vacation is almost over has hit me today. No matter how much fun we have it is always sad when it is coming to an end. At times like this I often think of what C.S. Lewis said about the timelessnes of the age to come. He said that we have never known joy untainted by time. Every joy we have ever known has been accompanied by the knowledge that it would end. The joy of youth, the pleasure of children, the goodness of a meal, the goodness of pleasant conversation with friends, we always know that it is coming to an end. When Jesus comes back we will experience joy unbounded by time. I can't wait.

We have had a fabulous time in HH. Our house is directly on the beach. We walk the 20 yards to the beach whenever we want to and we have wanted to alot. When we are tired of that we jump in the pool, (Click this for the website with pictures and description of the house.) or we go play golf, or we go for a bike ride or we sit on the back porch and watch the sunrise or the night fall while the waves crash. It really is awesome and made all the better by spending it with our good friends. As the pictures show, yesterday we rented a pontoon boat and went dolphin hunting. We saw them in bunches and they came right up to our boat. (Alfred and I have seen several in the ocean off our deck, but it was a little too early in the morning for the rest of them.) We watched a couple of them surf boat wakes for a long time. I has just been fabulous. Thanks to mom and dad for the experience. We may be spoiled forever. We head home Saturday morning and will be there in time for church Sunday. Grace.

By the way, Happy Birthday Ashley.