Walking in the Clouds
February 6th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Diann and I are enjoying time with our daughter Julie and her family, who live in Mexico. Their home is Refuge Ranch, located on a mountain at about 7,000 feet altitude. It’s supposed to be the dry season, but we’ve had several days of nearly non-stop rain. What is really strange is that it has been with very thick fog and wind. That’s right, fog with wind! My experience has always been that with fog the air is generally still, but not here! We are sometimes at cloud level and so we were these past several days, with the clouds blowing past us, right where we were!
When it wasn’t acutally raining I took a walk on the horse trails behind Refuge Ranch, in the thick, blowing fog. I was walking in the clouds!
Not only was there the rain, fog, and wind but 40 hours of this time was spent without electricity! It was cold, dark, and wet. It was an effort to keep our spirits up!
But then, starting yesterday, the sun came up just to the right of Popo the volcano and it was clear and warm the last two days. We got through our time in the clouds!
Most of life is a mixed bag. I sense many envy the fact that we can spend time with family that lives on a mountain side in Mexico. Yes, it’s great, some of the time. You have to get used to the altitude, the air’s a lot thinner. Then there’s the effort of flying to a foreign country, going through customs and immigration. It’s not exactly like going on a cruise or a pre-packaged trip. No, it’s not for the faint of heart!
But that’s how life is in general, isn’t it? It’s a mixed bag. Things don’t always go the way we want. You have to take the bad with the good. But in the long run, especially when you have a faith in God, you’re glad you didn’t let yourself become faint of heart! The fog eventually gives way to sun!










