Spencer's first Campout

So, we dropped Spencer off at his first official campout with the young men. The young men's president seemed excited when we dropped off Spencer and said - the weather report looked great. But no sooner than 30 minutes after we left as we drove to an alpine slide in the area with the rest of the family it was raining cats and dogs. Things dried up pretty quickly and we were able to slide a few times before it started raining again.  As we drove towards home it once again started to rain cats and dogs, including a little hail.

Tonight another storm blew threw this area (about 1.5 hours north of where Spencer is camping). There were heavy rains, thunder and lightning, which is not typical for this part of Germany (it's more like Seattle - a constant light drizzle).

Boy I am sure praying for him tonight. I never realized how anguishing such moments can be for a parent.

I Feel Alive

Just sitting here sweating tonight at almost 11:00 pm (23.00 hours) and realized I love this type of heat. Hot, muggy, lots of sun. It makes me feel alive.

It's probably because I grew up in this type of heat each summer in Missouri, but it is a wonderful feeling to have some of this type of weather in the normally rainy, cool, lower Rhine valley in Germany (think Seattle).