Recovery day at the KOA in Royal Gorge

July 22 – Tuesday (Hot, Dry, Dusty, 90’s)

Today we have nothing planned but relaxation. We pulled out the mat and the awning and the chairs. I sat outside and blogged. Therese cleaned the motorhome and the boys swam and played and built Bionicles. Isaiah likes making his own creations.

We are staying at the Royal Gorge KOA. It is a dust bowl, little grass and a lot of dirt. I wanted to wash Bailey’s Blessing but it would had turned into a mud hole. Nothing happened to report on. I made great progress on catching up with blog entries. Looked at photos and movies then grilled chicken for dinner. We decided to stay one more day and see the Royal Gorge the next day. Therese went to the office and obtained literature. We found out it is a park in itself and it would take a morning to go through it. This would be a great way to spend the morning and we would head to Rocky Mountain National Park in the afternoon.

I spent time in the Word and studied more in depth on Nehemiah. I am in awe of his dedication to the Lord and desire to restore the Lords vision and hope in the nation of Israel. Remember they are in exile! Stiffnecked, Proud, Hard-hearted and scattered throughout the world. Nehemiah helped them to rebuild the wall then booths to have private worship with the Lord. Not since the time of Joshua had Israel done this. To me a booth speaks of a personal relationship with the Lord. It is a place for you to go privately to get together with the Lord. They are everywhere and is a place for prayer and repentance. Continual prayer in the Lord. Nehemiah then established the Feast of Tabernacles. I studied this in Numbers and it represents 7 days of offerings and one day of rest, No one was to do any customary work during this time. I realized the first 3 days are offerings soley to the Lord and in days 4 thru 7 they include a sin offering, the last day is to be sacred unto the Lord. In a way this reflects our trip in that we are in awe of His creation. The mission of the National Park Service is to protect and preserve these magnificent examples of our Lords creation from becoming overrun by man. In a way, proclaiming the glory of God in this magnificent land of ours. Yet man himself is one of God’s most wonderful creations and we decided to become corrupt and were in need of a sin offering thru the blood atonement of Christ Jesus. Wow! I can’t wait to continue on but for now its time to retire and get ready for tomorrow.