Mt. Diablo

Dear Family and Friends,

Suddenly the world opened up before us, we could see for many miles as the sun continued its arc downward through the silver clouds.  Lois had mentioned she would like to travel up Mt Diablo, a nearby mountain of a few thousand feet, and as I worked I became more and more ready to do something else, to live a bit so I called and they both were ready to travel.
It took awhile to find the right road up the mountain and we were not allowed to travel to the top since there was a dusting of snow this morning and the rangers were concerned about slick spots on the tarmac but we got within 2 miles of the summit.  The views of the sun setting were amazing, well here, take a look for yourself.

It was incredibly cold as we stood on the bluff and looked down to the towns spread out below, Walnut Creek, Danville, Diablo, Pleasanton, San Ramon, Dublin, Alamo, Livermore.

As we traveled down the mountain we decided to take the other road home, the one that pointed toward Walnut Creek and sure enough it actually provided us with yet another entrance to the park, one that seemed closer for our next trip up to the summit for a view every direction.

So that was our day, how was yours?

Readers Digest has an excellent article about the power of saying thank you.  I'm into being thankful this week.  In spite of terrible loses that many of us have experienced we yet have an abundance of areas and people we can be thankful for.  I'm thankful for you whether you are a family member or a friend of our family.  How dull life would be without special people who cheer us up, give us advice, pray for us and make life worth living.  And mostly I'm thankful for the good Lord who keeps on caring in spite of mistakes we make.  How I would love to sit on a park bench with Jesus and just get His take on everything in life. Oh to love like He loves, to have His insight, His strength, His understanding.

Love to all

Tim