The First United Methodist Church of San Diego, California, United States In Real Life for Thursday, 7 May 2015 "A Nice Vacation" by Richard Annett, Director of Student Ministries
I have some cousins that live in Colorado and a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to fly there for five days. The last time I went to Colorado was about 10 years ago. It was so nice to just get away and leave work and school at home. I flew out on a Monday and when I got there the weather was beautiful. It was about 50 degrees and the sky was clear.
However, within a few hours some thunderstorms rolled in. Living in California my whole life this was a treat, I enjoyed every minute of it. Then without any notice, it started to snow. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. I was literally jumping up and down saying, “It’s snowing, it’s snowing.” It only snowed for about 5 minutes and then clear again. My uncle told me a saying about Colorado and the weather. He said, “If you don’t like the weather in Colorado just wait five minutes.” He was so right. Almost all week it would rain hard for a few minutes, stop, and the skies would clear. It was kind of weird to experience so many different “seasons.”
Besides experiencing some “weather” I also did a lot of sight-seeing. My aunt took us to some beautiful rock formations called “Garden of the Gods.” In this national park there are huge red rock formations sticking up out of the ground. It was like someone punched these rocks up out of the surface. It was so much fun walking around staring at these formations that were easily 200 feet high. In Colorado there are 57 peaks that break 14,000 feet, including Pikes Peak, which is near the Garden of the Gods. We were able to get up to about 12,000 feet and see into Kansas. In our final touristy activity we went to “Cave of the Winds,” a cave that goes a few miles deep into a mountain. Inside we saw beautiful stalagtites and stalagmites and some of the clearest ponds and streams. At the end of the tour, our tour guide turned off the lights in the cave and we were unable to see our hands in front of our faces, no matter how close we got it.
It was a really nice vacation that refreshed and renewed my spirit for the summer, which is going to be a busy one for me. I have one more class and I will be done with my Masters of Divinity, then I will be going to Annual Conference to help with the youth program, staying at Camp Cedar Glen for a week to help with the High School Summer camp, and going to Walker River, Nevada, with our youth group for a mission trip. This was the perfect vacation to get ready for all that is ahead.[Richard Annett, Director of Student Ministries]
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