Hi, all!
On Thursday night my son, Guy, and I kayaked to Blake Island and camped overnight. We launched our kayaks right next to the Southworth ferry terminal, just at high tide. There was a light wind and a brisk chop as we paddled across the bay, about two miles, to Blake Island. It gave my shoulders a good workout.
We arrived to find a beautiful grassy campsite right on the beach with views of the Kitsap Peninsula and the Olympic Mountains across the water to the west. We set up our tent and basked in the view as we ate supper with the sun going down. We had the place to ourselves. What a gift!
Blake Island is a state park that sits serenely in the middle of Puget Sound between the Kitsap Peninsula and Seattle. The only way to get there is by boat, and there are no roads or vehicles. It's a forested green gem set in watery blue surroundings.
It reminds me what a beautiful place we live in. At our doorsteps we have tremendous towering forests, snowy peaks, flashing seas, grassy meadows, and flowing rivers. What an abundance of nature's beauty!
The Prayer Book offers this prayer: "Give us all a reverence for the earth as your own creation, that we may use its resources rightly in the service of others and to your honor and glory."
As we celebrate the Fourth of July weekend, I hope we'll all enjoy this beautiful country we've been given, and give thanks to God for the beauty and abundance of our land.
With gratitude,
Bill
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