September 11, 2017

On 9/11 I was teaching at Custer Park Elementary School. We were glued to the TV all day. Most of these students came already knowing so it wasn't a matter of breaking the news to them but there were so many questions and discussions. Heading toward Grand Haven, Michigan for a getaway almost seems flippant. I fear that our country is forgetting what happened... 2 Chronicles 7:14, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 

Anyway we left around 8:30AM and made it without any incidents. We had about an hour to kill so we stopped at Walmart on the edge of town. We got a couple supplies and Subway for lunch since it would be awhile before we got everything set up. We it Grand Haven State Park Campground around 3pm Michigan time. There was a line in the office, a line to fill our tanks, a line in the camper road; even after we unhooked the camper and I drove back around, there was a line. We had to figure out how to get the camper in and still have room to park the truck. It took a little while but we finally figured it out. We finally got the important stuff down and headed down to check out the water and the beach. It was beautiful. We used our beach blanket under our towels and it worked great! It kept our towels from getting loaded with sand. We payed there and read for a couple hours until the breeze started to make me cold. We headed back to the camper and had ham and grilled cheese sandwiches. We watched a couple episodes of season 3 of The Librarians. In the middle of it, I noticed a lot of people looking at the beach. The sun had almost set and it was beautiful. Pictures didn't do it justice. Back to the shows - we both fell asleep so decided it was time to go to bed. I woke up about six times but fell asleep right away each time. So I almost slept ten hours! I really needed it.