Last weekend, we headed south for a whirlwind trip to North Carolina.  We had friends to see, trunks back form Uganda to pick up and grandparents to say goodbye to before our trek out West begins.

The Clarks hosted us for an amazing day at one of their favorite places: Hanging Rock State Park.   Loren and John are warm, kind, generous, adventurous and fascinating people with a big love for the outdoors.  We learn new stuff every time we explore wilderness with them.  They are a gift of our time in Uganda, friends we made on the team, and we thankful to find that they are still friends here.  That we connect even without a shared mission or shared team.

Loren was gloriously nine months pregnant and hiked the trails as well as I did!  Their three year old Brian reconnected with us all.  We climbed, we splashed, we ate, we were approached by a snake, we saw and got cold and savored wild blueberries.  It was a GOOD day.