Well, here we are in my dream - in San Diego, California. We traveled three hard days in the van with all our gear, my bikes and repair tools and parts. Most of our nights will spent using the back of the truck as a bed. Not the best place for sound sleep but the price is right. Arrived in San Diego late this afternoon and will stay in a hotel tonight, go to church tomorrow to hear one of my favorite prechers and teachers and be ready to dip my foot in the Pacific Ocean and put in my first morning of riding on Monday.
It is not that great in San Diego tonight getting cloudy over night with patchy drizzle. Tomorrow, it is only supposed to get up to about 60 degrees but sunny. It is ironic that the temperature of my basement is about 60 degrees also. Did you know that the population of San Diego is 1,223,400 people and that it is only 13 feet above sea level. San Diego is filled with many museums, the famous San Diego Zoo, and it is the permanent dockage for the retired Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway. What a beautiful area to start my "trip across our land" (as I have begun to call my trip).
As with so many things that are new there is a certain amount of excitement about what I am about to do. Yes , I have ridden alot but have never tried to do something as major as this. I mean 2200 miles in the next 2+ months. So, at this point I am not nervous, or scared, but excited. Excited to get started, to ride and do something few people would ever do or even want to do (there are some who think I am out of my mind).
I wonder what God was feeling as He  began the creation of our universe, our world, all the plants and animals, and of course the first humans. When it says in Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," what do you suppose he was feeling. Do you think he got excited to "begin?" Maybe God had all these thoughts of the how or what he was going to do.  How big was he going to make the elephants or was it a big decision to make them male and female? Could he have done it some other way? I am glad I didn't have to make those decisions. I love the way Paul ends Romans , chapter 12. Verses 33 to 36 says this, "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gidt to him that he might be repaid? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To HIM be glory forever. Amen." I am so thankful for that last verse, "For from him and through him and to him are all things." All things are from, through and to HIM. What a beginning God gave his creation. Was He excited to begin creating ? I think so! I  am excited too, to begin. I am excited about Monday.
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