Grayton Beach State Park, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Then he (Antiochus III The Great) will turn his attention to the coastlands and will take many of them, but a Commander (Lucius Cornelius…) will put an end to his insolence and will turn his insolence back upon him. ~ Daniel 11:18
- Antiochus III The Great set aside thoughts of ruling Egypt and began focusing on capturing the Mediterranean ports
- A Roman Consul named Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (now THAT’S a mouthful!) defeated Antiochus The Great in 190BC in the Battle of Magnesia (FYI – a consul was the highest elected political office in the Roman Republic). Antiochus had 70,000 men compared to Rome’s 30,000
Well, it’s January 4th as I write this. I’m sitting in Charlotte, North Carolina’s airport waiting for nearly six hours to pass, so I’m attempting to get caught up on the blog. Unfortunately, I never downloaded all Blaine’s pictures, so we won’t have those because I don’t know when I’ll be able to get back to blogging.
There’s been some very interesting weather around here! Dense fog, biking in fog, walking in fog, people watching, more biking . . . .
Sometimes, there was so much fog blowing around, we felt like we should go home and watch “Dark Shadows”!
I made the traditional pork and sauerkraut for New Year’s Day dinner and Kentucky Derby Pie for dessert. It’s sort of like a pie-shaped chocolate chip cookie. Yum!
Blaine has had something weird going on with his foot that prevents him from walking much, so on our next to last day (January 2nd), after biking to Rosemary Beach, 20 miles round trip, I told him I wanted to walk the beach for what would most likely be my last time. He tried to go with me, but didn’t even make it out of the parking lot. ☹ I had a nice walk though and then he joined me on a bench when I was finished. The fog had lifted and the sun was shining and I snagged the only bench on the beach. It was a wonderful time together. 😊
The next day we did all the domestic chores, like shopping and laundry before I left the following day.
And now, because I was able to get a seat at a computer station in Charlotte, I can tell you a little bit about my trip. For the past three days, my flight was delayed for hours because of the heavy fog. Today (January 4th) there was no fog, but now it’s thunderstorms and tornado warnings. Good grief! But it’s all in God’s Hands.
We were awake at 3:30am. Left the motorhome at 5:15am, and as we neared the airport, Blaine had to drive through the storm. There were times we could barely see the road for all the water. But we made it. There were some equipment glitches as I checked in and went through security, but other than that, it was smooth sailing, and my flight was running on time. I was on track to arrive at Akron/Canton at 1:10pm.
And then, everything changed.
The storm that hit Destin, Florida, continued moving along the flight path, and we ended up being delayed, which meant I missed my connecting flight in Charlotte. A lot, and I mean a LOT of people missed connecting flights. Which delayed us even more as they reassigned people. Blaine informed me that I missed my flight by only 20 minutes. ☹
And now, here I sit. I’m scheduled to arrive in Akron at 7:53, where my friend has very graciously offered to pick me up and drive me to my in-laws. I’ve been so very blessed by many offers of help while I’m home. Thank God for the friends He’s given us!
Blaine’s foot is better today, and he was able to walk the beach and send me a couple of pictures! So grateful he’s better!
Aren’t these great pictures?!? : )