Fort Mountain

This was definitely not one of our better camping trips, although with a good attitude we were able to pull through with a decent time. For starters it was up in the air whether or not we were even going. Then we couldn't get a site so we ended up bunking with Nanny and Papa who graciously put up with Nates flopping, my going to the bathroom in the middle of the night, and one feverish thirsty child. Nate and I arrived thursday afternoon after a beautiful ride up in the mtns w/o children because they had come up the day before. Luke broke out with a fever that evening and still has got it. Thankfully he slept alot and isn't a wimpy sick child. He maintained a good attitude and still managed to have a pretty good time, even though he spent all of friday in bed. Since he was still burning up saturday afternoon Nate and I decided to come back that night instead of Sunday, just so that we could get a decent nights sleep and monitor him better. The big boys stayed on with Celeste and Leonard. It was however a beautiful place, and it was great seeing the Kissacks again. I miss all of the chatting that Tonya and I used to do. The greatest sorrow of the trip happened when Papa took some of the kids to go pick up some of the more adventurous hikers in our group and they saw a bear on the side of the road. It has been my lifelong goal since I moved to Ga seventeen yrs ago to see a bear in the wild. I was sitting with sick Luke when Evan came back excitedly exclaiming over the bear. I was sick with envy, yes I was envious of my child because it didn't mean as much to him as it would of me. I know I am a huge sinner. Oh well, I know that God will appoint me Master Guardian of the animals when I get to heaven.