Four Years In and Just Keeps Getting Better

 

   On January 19, 2019, on a dark and stormy day,  Carolyn and I married and ushered in four years of health and happiness. God has blessed us together, and we are happy to have these days. 

   On our first honeymoon, we drove through the storms up Highway 58 to Whitestone Inn, and spent two days just being together.

   What better way to celebrate 1/19/23, our fourth anniversary, than to hit the road to Whitestone again, this time in sunshine and milder temperatures.   

   Arriving in mid afternoon, we checked in and found our suite in the Lion and the Lamb building, then spent the rest of our time checking the campus before dinner.

   The view from our room included the north end Watts Bar Lake where the Tennessee River comes into the lake. Even a barge showed up and proceeded North. It was a beautiful afternoon to just sightsee from the gazebo overlooking the lake.

   There were a couple of horses in the field next to our suite, and in the next field, a flock of Jacob sheep, 2 with lambs. 

   We thought they were kinda funny looking, but I guess we were to them also. 

   After a good dinner in the farmhouse, with too much dessert, and hitting a ping pong ball, we turned in, almost going to sleep in the middle of a Gunsmoke episode. 

   As the morning broke on Saturday, the light of an early hour streamed through our drapes, and we awoke to a brisk, clear day. Around 40 degrees, high clouds, but a beautiful time to be up and to be rewarded with a glorious daybreak.

   

      

Smoke rising from the farmhouse, lights on where breakfast was being prepared.

   

   The Chapel was ready.

   Even the outside gazebo was glowing in the early morning.

   What a wake-up call!,

   

   But there was a Saturday in front of us. After a good breakfast, and some good conversations around the fire place in the Farmhouse, we hit the road, promising ourselves that, God willing, we would be back sooner than the 4 years this time.

   

Other travelers were on the move, too. But I am guessing that their travels and destinations were not as soul-warming and peaceful reflections as ours.

   Thank you God