priest river, idaho (rest day update)

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Here's a little update on our rest day in Priest River, Idaho.

I did not stay in bed until late-thirty. In fact, I was up before six o'clock. I did some major reading, did the other rest day blog, put a post on Facebook, and went to the Village Restaurant with Margaret for an early lunch. The Village Restaurant is another one of those super neat Mom & Pop Restaurants that get high marks for the food and service. My lunch was a cheddar burger, with super-good fries, and a root beer. I also was given rainbow sherbet because I cleaned my plate! The waitress gave Margaret sherbet, too, but she didn't even clean her plate. Hmmm.

I found an Idaho license plate already! Yes I did. After pedaling twelve miles, mostly uphill in the rain, there it was along the road. After twelve miles back to the motel . . . OK, OK, that's not true. The real story is I found it and purchased it at the local Thrift Store! $3.00! And I bought two. Give me a break! Idaho isn't quite wide enough, up here, to find many license plates so I just bit the bullet, spent the big bucks, and got the plates. (Chances are, since I bought two, I'll probably find six!)

Phil and Gale did laundry and organized inside their RV. They also checked out a local RV park. Kevin and Becky are fishing again. This morning, Kevin said Becky caught a rainbow trout and a bass. He said she out-fished him. For all of us, this has been a good read day.

I took this picture of some flowers holding their own  between asphalt and a concrete block wall. I'm not sure how this flower thing works, but I've planted and watered flowers for years only to get . . . dead flowers. This little bundle of blooms is thriving and, I'm sure, nobody pays it a bit of attention. But it's there and it's showing off and it's not giving up one bit.

The little flower in the asphalt reminds me of my pastor's Sunday message, from Hebrews 4:14-16. Times can get tough, things can go wrong, and we can suffer a bit . . . but we have a Great High Priest who has been thought it all. He cares, he understands, and he is Real Time Help Now. You must hold fast. You must draw near. (Psalm 16:8)

Let us fear. Let us strive. Let us hold fast. Let us draw near.