Men's Weekend

This past weekend consisted of a camping adventure in eagle CO. Two days of camping, hiking, spelunking, and a little outdoor driving fun. Throughout the days we worked on bringing the group together. I think it worked out. We were able to share some thoughts with one another during devotionals around the fire and we got to eat a lot of food, always a good thing. Actually, let me emphasize the "a lot" of food. We were car camping so we were able to bring a plethora of edibles. last nights dinner was a blend of vegetables, penne pasta, and chicken. This was coupled with garlic bread and a desert of cupcakes. Not your typical backpacking food.

The hike we went on was pretty intense. The initial plan was to make it all the way to Lake Charles, a good 4 miles of hiking. The trouble was the snow. Not much of it had melted yet and we had to post hole it for the majority of the trip. This produced some twisted ankles and frustrated spirits. But some of us made it to the lake none the less.


At first the trail was pretty clear


Then we started to see patches of snow, eventually it began to block the path

And eventually it was all over the place

I know none of the pictures show it, but there were multiple occurences of fall through. I personally fell in up to my crotch more than a couple of times. The majority of the trip was therefore spent with wet pants up to the top of my calfs and rather wet shoes.

After we made it down from lake charles and back to camp, everyone dried off, ate dinner and then headed off to go caving.

Caving was a great expereince. Nothing suprising there. Just running around in a cave, trying to find our way aorund. Spend a good portion of the night in there. Got out around 10:30, and home by 11.

It was overall a great oportunity to know everyone better. We were able to talk about personal struggles and what God has taught us in the past regarding those specifics.

But, I think we are all a little tired from the trip. Here are some more pictures if you feel so inclined to view them.

I'm sorry if the blog isn't too exciting recently, but I am a little fatigued. Please pray for strength for all of us here in Vail and that we would have confidence to share the gospel and remember it in our everyday lives.

In Christ,
Tyler

reading: Philippeans, Jeremiah