April 2004 WP: Write about a car trip.

The one thing I remember about my youth group trip to Colorado (other than the insanely long drive in a hot van) was that my walkman batteries conked out on me about halfway there and I didn't have enough money to get new ones (until we got there, of course). And to top it all off, by the time we got there we couldn't have any electronic devices with us on the actual hiking trip...which included watches. So I spent the entire week wondering what time it was...until we were in the middle of nowhere reveling in the glorious country God provided. And I suppose that was the purpose of it all...I miss going camping, such like that...amazing how thinking of a road trip can remind you of things like how I was scared to be 'too secular' and not understand things the leaders were talking about. How I could spend an entire night solo, singing to myself and writing in my journal and actually reading the Bible. I keep looking at the Outward Bound site and wishing.

One of these days I will have to stop wishing and start actually doing.

Moonstone got a couple more paragraphs two nights ago...let's hope that continues. Dad asked me how long it was going to be after I told him I had about seven chapters written: "...so it's going to be around ten?" Hah. Hah. I have no idea how long it's going to be. I don't even know how it's going to end, unlike JK Rowling. Go read it.

Thank you and goodnight. I'll try to do the TC prompts more often.