September, Where Are You???

wow. where did september go? oh yeah, that's right... it went biking through italy with me (winky). so here i am, back on US soil, back in the great state of montana, back home in the beloved bozeman. first things first, i'm sure you're wondering if my butt and legs are horribly sore, because if they are you might feel a little better about missing out on my adventure. alas, my glutes and power pistons (legs) are quite stable and, really, they were never THAT sore. enough rubbing it in... instead i'd like to throw down, over the next couple weeks, a couple highlights from my trip through italy. both what i experienced and what i learned. so here we go...

i'm not in the mood to waste time (i did enough of that during my 7 week vacation) so i'll jump to the moment and location our adventure began- the town: Menaggio. the view: overlooking the beautiful lake como (just google it. seriously).

in order to arrive at our apartment on the lake we had to ferry across with our road bikes in tow (you know, because it's hard to walk on water let alone ride across it). i was immediately enamored with the clarity of this lake water... so blue, so clear (plus i have somewhat of a fascination with H2O). i loved being able to look through the water and see so far down. the mystique of the lake was enhanced by the looming, jagged italian alps surrounding it on all sides. it was all quite pristine, like queen lake como being protected my mighty soldiers standing guard. it blew my mind... and i was born and raised in beautiful bozeman, mt!

we spent the next few days there. biking along the coast of the lake. swimming (or submerging, as we liked to call it). relaxing. eating pasta, drinking wine (in moderation... the wine, not the pasta!). all of this before we had even "officially" started biking south.

honestly, i didn't learn much from all this :) i mean, what is there to learn other than God's creativity is present worldwide. in this instance, i saw Him clearly in our surroundings. and i worshiped. praise the Lord that the beginning of our adventure brought about worship... lucky me (don't think i don't know how lucky i was, and am!).

in the next few days i'll tell you about actually biking... because we did some of that too! in the meantime, find God in your surroundings. and worship Him.