And We're Off

00:00:00. that is what my countdown to Canada reads! It is hard to believe after months and months and months (well okay maybe not that long) of waiting we are finally here. After a long hard day of shopping in Sault Ste. Marie it felt good to pull up to the familiar boat landing and breathe that backwoods Canadian air. I can’t even express the feeling when we rounded the point and got the first glance at Mt. Sinai, it was like coming home.

Of course everything wasn’t all butterflies and roses, by the time we got all our stuff across the river (food, luggage, parts, etc.), the kitchen unpacked, and supper eaten it was 10 o'clock. Yikes that is past my bedtime and I didn't even have a bed made yet.

Yesterday morning Steve was nice enough to let us sleep in a bit, but there is no such thing as starting off slow in Canada, so before I even have my room unpacked we made a trip up to 10 mile falls and ate a pack lunch at out our Patmos island cabin. It was fun to let Josh and Kasey, our new staffers, get to see a bit of the land up here. Even though I feel like I've seen it a million times, the grandness of the landscape up here grabs my attention every time.  What a great God we serve!

Here are a couple pictures from our little excursion yesterday. As you can tell from my head net, the black flies are out in full force, probably the worst I've ever seen. Trust me, as silly as that next looks, it is worth being saved from hundreds of red welts those black flies leave. Also note, the pictures are courtesy of Kasey, our cook.

So things are settling in up here, though we are still looking at a couple of days of cleaning before the lodge will look put together again. If you want to keep all of us in your prayers, it always takes a couple day to acclimate to the environment up here and the fresh air seems to drain the energy from us too quickly, something we need quite badly if we are ever going to be ready for campers in a couple of weeks.  Anyway it is time to sign off, until next time, God bless.